Editing Bacteriostatic agent (section)

==Bacteriostatic antibiotics==
Bacteriostatic antibiotics limit the growth of [[bacteria]] by interfering with bacterial [[protein]] production, [[DNA]] replication, or other aspects of bacterial cellular [[metabolism]]. They must work together with the immune system to remove the microorganisms from the body.  However, there is not always a precise distinction between them and bactericidal antibiotics; high concentrations of some bacteriostatic agents are also bactericidal, whereas low concentrations of some [[bactericidal]] agents are bacteriostatic. This group<ref name="isbn1-4051-3543-3">{{cite book | veditors = Andrews J, Shetty N, Tang JW | vauthors = Shetty N, Aarons E, Andrews J | title = Infectious Disease: Pathogenesis, Prevention and Case Studies | publisher = Wiley-Blackwell | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-1-4051-3543-6 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jNW-lToR2FgC&q=Bacteriostatic+antibiotics+Tetracyclines++sulfonamides&pg=PA141 | chapter = Chapter 5: General principles of antimicrobial therapy }}</ref> includes:
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* [[Chloramphenicol]]
* [[Clindamycin]]
* [[Ethambutol]]
* [[Lincosamides]]
* [[Macrolides]]
* [[Nitrofurantoin]]
* [[Novobiocin]]
* [[Oxazolidinone]]
* [[Spectinomycin]]
* [[Sulfonamide (medicine)|Sulfonamides]]
* [[Tetracyclines]]
* [[Tigecycline]]
* [[Trimethoprim]]
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