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Does clindamycin belong to macrolides?

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Macrolides and Clindamycine are a subgroup of medication that work on killing bacteria by inhibition of Protein synthesis, so both have the same mechanism of action.

but Clinidamycin is not a member of macrolide group, it is just a drug by it's own.

Macrolides include :
-Erythromycin
-Clarithromycin
-Azithromycin
-Roxithromycin
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