Timeline of antibiotics
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| Time period | Development summary | More details |
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| Year | Event type | Details | |
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| 1932 | Antibiotic prontosil is discovered.[1] | ||
| 1943 | Antibiotic streptomycin is discovered.[1] | ||
| 1945 | Antibiotic cephalosporins is discovered.[1] | ||
| 1947 | Antibiotic chloramphenicol is discovered.[1] | ||
| 1947 | Antibiotic chlortetracycline is discovered.[1] | ||
| 1949 | Antibiotic neomycin is discovered.[1] | ||
| 1952 | Antibiotic erythromycin is discovered.[1] | ||
| 1956 | Antibiotic vancomycin is introduced into clinical use.[1][2] | ||
| 1960 | Antibiotic flucloxacillin is introduced.[1] | ||
| 1961 | Antibiotic ampicillin is introduced.[1] | ||
| 1963 | Antibiotic gentamicin is discovered.[1] | ||
| 1964 | Antibiotic cephalosporins is introduced.[1] | ||
| 1964 | Antibiotic vancomycin is introduced.[1] | ||
| 1966 | Antibiotic doxycycline is introduced.[1] | ||
| 1971 | Antibiotic rifampicin is introduced.[1] | ||
| 1974 | Antibiotic co-trimoxazole is introduced.[1] | ||
| 1976 | Antibiotic amikacin is introduced.[1] | ||
| 1984 | Antibiotic ampicillin/clavulanate is introduced.[1] | ||
| 1987 | Antibiotic imipenem/cilastin is introduced.[1] | ||
| 1987 | Antibiotic ciprofloxacin is introduced.[1] | ||
| 1993 | Antibiotics azithromycin and clarithromycin are introduced.[1] | ||
| 1999 | Antibiotic quinupristin/dalfopristin is introduced.[1] | ||
| 2000 | Antibiotic linezolid is introduced.[1] | ||
| 2003 | Antibiotic daptomycin is introduced.[1] | ||
| 2004 | Antibiotic telithromycin is introduced.[1] | ||
| 2005 | Antibiotic tigecycline is introduced.[1] |
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 Torok, Estee; Moran, Ed; Cooke, Fiona. Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology.
- ↑ Staphylococci in Human Disease (Kent B. Crossley, Kimberly K. Jefferson, Gordon L. Archer, Vance G. Fowler ed.).
