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Clindamycin Drug Effective Treating Anaerobic Infx Diaphragm Metronidazole

Text Clindamycin::drug → effective in treating anaerobic infx above diaphragm

Metronidazole::drug → effective in treating anaerobic infx below diaphragm
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Clindamycin works on 50S subunit to stop protein synthesis

Metronidazole makes free radicals which damage bacterial DNA

Tags: antimicrobial, drugs

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