Antibacterials
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Antibiotics and antibacterial agents[edit | edit source]
- Amoxicillin - an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections
- Ampicillin - semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK Ampicillin)
- Aztreonam - an antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections; has minimal side effects
- Bacitracin - a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram positive organisms; usually applied locally
- Benzylpenicillin - the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics
- Cefadroxil - a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef)
- Ceftazidime - a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections
- Cefuroxime - a cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges
- Chloramphenicol - an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever)
- Chlortetracycline - a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases
- Ciprofloxacin - an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints
- Clioquinol - drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot)
- Cycloserine - an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus
- Dapsone - antibacterial drug used to treat leprosy and some kinds of skin diseases
- Demeclocycline hydrochloride - tetracycline antibacterial (trade name Declomycin) effective in the treatment of some bacterial and rickettsial and other infections
- Dicloxacillin - antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin
- Doxycycline - an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections
- Erythromycin - an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram positive bacteria and some Gram negative
- Gramicidin - an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram positive bacteria
- Isoniazid - antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis
- Lincomycin - antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin resistant infections
- Methenamine - antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections
- Minocycline - tetracycline antibiotic (trade name Minocin) used to treat a variety of bacterial and rickettsial infections
- Nalidixic acid - antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections
- Neomycin - an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery
- Nitrofurantoin - derivative of nitrofuran used as an antibacterial medicine (trade name Macrodantin) effective against a broad range of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria; used to treat infections of the urinary tract
- Novobiocin - an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram positive bacteria
- Oxytetracycline - a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections
- Oxytetracycline hydrochloride - a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections
- Piperacillin - a synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections
- Spectinomycin - an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea
- Streptomycin - an antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis
- Sulfacetamide - a topical sulfonamide (trade name Sulamyd) used to treat eye infections
- Sulfadiazine - a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections
- Sulfamethoxazole - a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract)
- Sulfanilamide - a white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs
- Sulfapyridine - sulfa drug derived from pyridine and sulfanilamide
- Tetracycline - an antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used broadly to treat infections
- Tobramycin - an antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram negative bacteria
- Tyrothricin - a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram positive bacteria
- Vancomycin - an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections
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