difference between ciprofloxacin and clindamycin as an antibiotic?

Answer 1

Too complicated to answer off the cuff. You need to read up so read here:

See: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682399.html

Clindamycin
(klin da mye' sin)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a688016.html

Ciprofloxacin
sip roe flox' a sin

Answer 2

Basically, they are two different antibiotics in different chemical groups that kill completely different bacteria- Ciprofloxacin is a amember of the quinolone family that mainly kill gram (-) bacteria such as e.coli (useful in kidney infections). Clindamycin is an antibiotic that mostly kills gram (+) infection like staph and strep and those found in skin infections. Rarely they are used together to provide a "broad" spectrum- to kill many different types of bacteria.
Hope this explains it