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| 1943 || || {{w|Streptomycin}} is introduced. It is the first antibiotic effective against {{w|tuberculosis}}.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lorian|first1=Victor|title=Antibiotics in Laboratory Medicine|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=HdA4dl8m_T4C&pg=PA197&dq=%22in+1943%22+%22streptomycin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlxteRoYPaAhVRyVMKHZn_DQYQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201943%22%20%22streptomycin%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Morabia|first1=Alfredo|title=Enigmas of Health and Disease: How Epidemiology Helps Unravel Scientific Mysteries|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=H00ZBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA143&dq=%22in+1943%22+%22streptomycin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlxteRoYPaAhVRyVMKHZn_DQYQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201943%22%20%22streptomycin%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Cumo|first1=Christopher Martin|title=The Ongoing Columbian Exchange: Stories of Biological and Economic Transfer in World History: Stories of Biological and Economic Transfer in World History|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=tzqhBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA319&dq=%22in+1943%22+%22streptomycin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlxteRoYPaAhVRyVMKHZn_DQYQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201943%22%20%22streptomycin%22&f=false}}</ref><ref name="Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology"/> ||
 
| 1943 || || {{w|Streptomycin}} is introduced. It is the first antibiotic effective against {{w|tuberculosis}}.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lorian|first1=Victor|title=Antibiotics in Laboratory Medicine|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=HdA4dl8m_T4C&pg=PA197&dq=%22in+1943%22+%22streptomycin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlxteRoYPaAhVRyVMKHZn_DQYQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201943%22%20%22streptomycin%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Morabia|first1=Alfredo|title=Enigmas of Health and Disease: How Epidemiology Helps Unravel Scientific Mysteries|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=H00ZBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA143&dq=%22in+1943%22+%22streptomycin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlxteRoYPaAhVRyVMKHZn_DQYQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201943%22%20%22streptomycin%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Cumo|first1=Christopher Martin|title=The Ongoing Columbian Exchange: Stories of Biological and Economic Transfer in World History: Stories of Biological and Economic Transfer in World History|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=tzqhBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA319&dq=%22in+1943%22+%22streptomycin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlxteRoYPaAhVRyVMKHZn_DQYQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201943%22%20%22streptomycin%22&f=false}}</ref><ref name="Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology"/> ||
 
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| 1945 || || Antibiotic {{w|cephalosporins}} is discovered.<ref name="Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology"/> ||
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| 1945 || || The {{w|cephalosporins}} are discovered from a fungus, ''{{w|Cephalosporium acremonium}}'', in seawater samples near a sewage outfall in {{w|Sardinia}}.<ref name="Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Stephanie Watts|last2=Faingold|first2=Carl|last3=Dunaway|first3=George|last4=Crespo|first4=Lynn|title=Brody's Human Pharmacology - E-Book|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=kfsrz_-OrMQC&pg=PA536&dq=%22in+1945%22+%22cephalosporins%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjl-6iooPaAhVFoFMKHRjiAWoQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201945%22%20%22cephalosporins%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Riviere|first1=Jim E.|last2=Papich|first2=Mark G.|title=Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=ievLulSqwBAC&pg=PA865&dq=%22in+1945%22+%22cephalosporins%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjl-6iooPaAhVFoFMKHRjiAWoQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201945%22%20%22cephalosporins%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Bennett|first1=Peter N.|last2=Brown|first2=Morris J.|title=Clinical Pharmacology E-Book: With STUDENTCONSULT Access|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=FaXRAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA193&dq=%22in+1945%22+%22cephalosporins%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjl-6iooPaAhVFoFMKHRjiAWoQ6AEIODAD#v=onepage&q=%22in%201945%22%20%22cephalosporins%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Italy}}
 
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| 1947 || || Antibiotic {{w|chloramphenicol}} is discovered.<ref name="Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology"/> ||
 
| 1947 || || Antibiotic {{w|chloramphenicol}} is discovered.<ref name="Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology"/> ||

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1932 German pathologist Gerhard Domagk develops prontosil, the first sulphonamide microbial.[1][2][3] Germany
1942 Penicillin is introduced.[3]
1943 Streptomycin is introduced. It is the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.[4][5][6][3]
1945 The cephalosporins are discovered from a fungus, Cephalosporium acremonium, in seawater samples near a sewage outfall in Sardinia.[3][7][8][9] Italy
1947 Antibiotic chloramphenicol is discovered.[3]
1947 Antibiotic chlortetracycline is discovered.[3]
1949 Antibiotic neomycin is discovered.[3]
1952 Antibiotic erythromycin is discovered.[3]
1956 Antibiotic vancomycin is introduced into clinical use.[3][10]
1960 Antibiotic flucloxacillin is introduced.[3]
1961 Antibiotic ampicillin is introduced.[3]
1963 Antibiotic gentamicin is discovered.[3]
1964 Antibiotic cephalosporins is introduced.[3]
1964 Antibiotic vancomycin is introduced.[3]
1966 Antibiotic doxycycline is introduced.[3]
1971 Antibiotic rifampicin is introduced.[3]
1974 Antibiotic co-trimoxazole is introduced.[3]
1976 Antibiotic amikacin is introduced.[3]
1984 Antibiotic ampicillin/clavulanate is introduced.[3]
1987 Antibiotic imipenem/cilastin is introduced.[3]
1987 Antibiotic ciprofloxacin is introduced.[3]
1993 Antibiotics azithromycin and clarithromycin are introduced.[3]
1999 Antibiotic quinupristin/dalfopristin is introduced.[3]
2000 Antibiotic linezolid is introduced.[3]
2003 Antibiotic daptomycin is introduced.[3]
2004 Antibiotic telithromycin is introduced.[3]
2005 Antibiotic tigecycline is introduced.[3]

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