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.
- 1910 Arsphenamine aka Salvarsan
- 1912 Neosalvarsan
- 1928 Penicillium chrysogenum
- 1935 Prontosil (an oral precursor to sulfanilimide)
- 1936 Sulfanilimide
- 1939 sulfacetamide
- 1940 sulfamethizole
- 1942 benzylpenicillin
- 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 tetracycline
- 1955 thiamphenicol
- 1955 vancomycin
- 1956 phenoxymethylpenicillin
- 1958 colistin
- 1958 demeclocycline
- 1959 virginiamycin
- 1960 methicillin
- 1960 metronidazole
- 1961 ampicillin
- 1961 spectinomycin
- 1961 sulfamethoxazole
- 1961 trimethoprim
- 1962 cloxacillin
- 1962 fusidic acid
- 1963 fusafungine
- 1963 lymecycline
- 1964 gentamicin
- 1966 doxacycline
- 1967 carbenicillin
- 1967 rifampicin
- 1968 clindamycin
- 1970 cefalexin
- 1971 cefazolin
- 1971 pivampicillin
- 1971 tinidazole
- 1972 amoxicillin
- 1972 cefradine
- 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 (co-amoxiclav)
- 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
- 1987 ciprofloxacin
- 1987 rifaximin
- 1988 azithromycin
- 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
- 1999 quinupristin/dalfopristin
- 2000 linezolid
- 2001 telithromycin
- 2003 daptomycin
- 2005 tigecycline
See also
Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
