Antibiotics

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Antibiotics are a type of pharmaceuticals that kill bacteria.

Antibiotics are divided into a number of categories:

• Aminoglycoside Antibiotics
• Cephalosporins
• Carbapenems
• Quinolone Antibiotics
• Macrolide Antibiotics
• Penicillins
• Sulfonamides
• Tetracycline Antibiotics
• Oxazolidinones
• Other Antibiotics (see below)

Other antibiotics, those that do not fall into one of the above categories, include the following drugs:

• Clindamycin (Brand name: Cleocin)
• Metronidazole (Brand names: Flagyl, Helidac, Metizol, Metric 21, Metro Cream, Metrogel, Neo-Metric, Noritate, Novonidazol)
• Vancomycin (Brand name: Vancocin)
• Rifabutin (Brand name: Mycobutin)
• Rifampin (Brand name: Rifadin)
• Nitrofurantoin (Brand names: Furadantin, Macrobid, Macrodantin)
• Chloramphenicol (Brand name: Chloromycetin)

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