In the country of bacterial ribosomes, people dream like everywhere else. When a person has a nightmare, it is always a picture of a ribosome making some progress in life only to find himself wearing soccer CLEATs. It’s also a sign of bad luck to have CLEATs thrown at you. So no one wants to hear the word CLEAT mentioned in that land. CLEATs are a sign of terrible, terrible, bad luck. What does CLEAT stand for?
- Clindamycin, Chloramphenicol
- Linezolid
- Erythromycin (and all the Macrolide family including its new member telithromycin)
- Aminoglycosides (Streptomycin, Gentamycin (most commonly used of all aminoglycosides), tobramycin, amikacin, neomycin (too toxic it’s only used topically), netilmicin)
- Tetracyclines
CLE binds to 50s bacterial ribosomes and AT binds to 30s bacterial ribosomes.
The CLEAT acrostic gives you the anti-ribosomal antibodies.
TACLE is a masculine noun in French for a tackle in English. It is also another way to remember the medications that