Timeline of antibiotics
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This is the timeline of antimicrobial (anti-infective) therapy. The years show when given antibiotic was released onto the pharmaceutical market.
- 1939 sulfacetamide
- 1940 sufamethizol
- 1942 penicillin G
- 1942 sulfadimidine
- 1943 sulfamerazine
- 1944 streptomycin
- 1947 sulfadiazine
- 1948 chlortetracycline
- 1949 chloramphenicol
- 1949 neomycin
- 1950 oxytetracycline
- 1950 penicillin G procaine
- 1952 erythromycin
- 1954 benzathine penicillin
- 1955 spiramycin
- 1955 tiamphenicol
- 1955 vancomycin
- 1956 penicillini V
- 1958 colistin
- 1958 demeclocycline
- 1959 virginiamycin
- 1960 methicilin
- 1960 metronidazole
- 1961 ampicillin
- 1961 spectinomycin
- 1961 sulfamethoxazole
- 1961 trimethoprim
- 1962 cloxacillin
- 1962 fusidic acid
- 1963 fusafungine
- 1963 lymecycline
- 1964 gentamycin
- 1966 doxacycline
- 1967 carbenicillin
- 1967 rifampicin
- 1968 clindamycin
- 1970 cefalexin
- 1971 cefazolin
- 1971 pivampicillin
- 1971 tinidazole
- 1972 amoxicillin
- 1972 cephradine
- 1972 minocycline
- 1972 pristinamycin
- 1973 fosfomycin
- 1974 talampicillin
- 1975 tobramycin
- 1975 bacampicillin
- 1975 ticarcillin
- 1976 amikacin
- 1977 azlocillin
- 1977 cefadroxil
- 1977 cefamandole
- 1977 cefoxitin
- 1977 cefuroxime
- 1977 mezlocillin
- 1977 pivmecillinam
- 1979 cefaclor
- 1980 cefmetazole
- 1980 cefotaxime
- 1980 cefsulodin
- 1980 piperacillin
- 1981 amoxicillin/clavulanic acid
- 1981 cefperazone
- 1981 cefotiam
- 1981 cefsulodin
- 1981 latamoxef
- 1981 netelmicin
- 1982 apalcillin
- 1982 ceftriaxone
- 1982 micronomicin
- 1983 cefmenoxime
- 1983 ceftazidime
- 1983 ceftiroxime
- 1983 norfloxacin
- 1984 cefonicid
- 1984 cefotetan
- 1984 temocillin
- 1985 cefpiramide
- 1985 imipenem/cilastatin
- 1985 ofloxacin
- 1986 mupirocin
- 1986 aztreonam
- 1986 cefoperazone/sulbactam
- 1986 ticarcillin/clavulanic acid
- 1987 ampicillin/sulbactam
- 1987 cefixime
- 1987 roxithromycin
- 1987 sultamicillin
- 1988 azithromycin
- 1988 cefaclor
- 1988 flomoxef
- 1988 isepamycin
- 1988 midecamycin
- 1988 rifapentine
- 1988 teicoplanin
- 1989 cefpodoxime
- 1989 enrofloxacin
- 1989 lomefloxacin
- 1990 arbekacin
- 1990 cefozidime
- 1990 clarithromycin
- 1991 cefdinir
- 1992 cefetamet
- 1992 cefpirome
- 1992 cefprozil
- 1992 ceftibufen
- 1992 fleroxacin
- 1992 loracarbef
- 1992 piperacillin/tazobactam
- 1992 rufloxacin
- 1993 brodimoprim
- 1993 dirithromycin
- 1993 levofloxacin
- 1993 nadifloxacin
- 1993 panipenem/betamipron
- 1993 sparfloxacin
- 1994 cefepime
- 2001 telithromycin
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