List of antibiotics

The following is a list of antibiotics. The highest division between antibiotics is bactericidal and bacteriostatic. Bactericidals kill bacteria directly, whereas bacteriostatics prevent them from dividing. However, these classifications are based on laboratory behavior. The development of antibiotics has had a profound effect on the health of people for many years. Also, both people and animals have used antibiotics to treat infections and diseases. In practice, both treat bacterial infections.

By coverage
The following are lists of antibiotics for specific microbial coverage (not an exhaustive list):

MRSA
Antibiotics that cover methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA):
 * Vancomycin
 * Teicoplanin
 * Linezolid
 * Daptomycin
 * Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
 * Doxycycline
 * Ceftobiprole (5th generation)
 * Ceftaroline (5th generation)
 * Clindamycin
 * Dalbavancin
 * Delafloxacin
 * Fusidic acid
 * Mupirocin (topical)
 * Omadacycline
 * Oritavancin
 * Tedizolid
 * Telavancin
 * Tigecycline (also covers gram negatives)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antibiotics that cover Pseudomonas aeruginosa:

Certain cephalosporins, cephalosporin-beta-lactamase-inhibitor combinations, and new siderophore cephalosporins.
 * Ceftazidime (3rd generation)
 * Cefepime (4th generation)
 * Ceftobiprole (5th generation)
 * Ceftolozane/tazobactam
 * Ceftazidime/avibactam
 * Cefiderocol(siderophore cephalosporin)

Certain penicillins:
 * Piperacillin and Piperacillin/tazobactam
 * Ticarcillin/clavulanic acid

Certain carbapenems and carbapenem-beta-lactamase-inhibitors combinations:
 * Carbapenems: (meropenem, imipenem/cilastatin, doripenem - NOT ertapenem)
 * Meropenem/vaborbactam
 * Imipenem/cilastatin/relebactam

Others:
 * Fluoroquinolones: particularly levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin
 * Polymyxins: Colistin, Polymyxin B
 * Aztreonam (monobactam)
 * Aminoglycosides - particularly tobramycin and amikacin

VRE
Antibiotics that usually have activity against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE):
 * Linezolid and Tedizolid
 * Streptogramins such as quinupristin-dalfopristin
 * Advanced generation tetracyclines: Tigecycline, Omadacycline, Eravacycline
 * Daptomycin
 * Oritavancin

Antibiotics with less reliable but occasional (depending on isolate and subspecies) activity:
 * occasionally penicillins including penicillin, ampicillin and ampicillin-sulbactam, amoxicillin and amoxicillin-clavulnate, and piperacillin-tazobactam (not all vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus isolates are resistant to penicillin and ampicillin)
 * occasionally doxycycline and minocycline
 * occasionally fluoroquinolones such as moxifloxacin, levofloxacin, and ciprofloxacin

By class
See also pathogenic bacteria for a list of antibiotics sorted by target bacteria.



Note: (Bs): Bacteriostatic

Antibiotic candidates
These are antibiotic candidates, and known antibiotics that are not yet mass-produced.