Common Antibiotics for Use in Human Medicine
GROUP I: Ample Spectrum Penicillins| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Amoxicillin | Amoxil® |
| Ampicillin | Omnipen® |
| Bacampicillin | Spectrobid® |
| Carbenicillin Indanyl | Pyopen®, Geogen®, Geocillin® |
| Mezlocillin | Mezlin® |
| Piperacillin* | Pipracil® |
| Ticarcillin | Ticar® |
GROUP II: Penicillins and Beta Lactamase Inhibitors
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanic Acid | Augmentin® |
| Ampicillin-Sulbactam* | Unasyn® |
| Benzylpenicillin | Benpen® |
| Cloxacillin | Tegopen®, Coxapen® |
| Dicloxacillin | Dycill®, Dynapen®, Pathocil® |
| Methicillin | Staphcillin® |
| Oxacillin | Prostaphilin®, Bactocil® |
| Penicillin G (Benzathine, Potassium, Procaine) | Bicillin® C-R/L-A, Pfizerpen®, Wycellin® |
| Penicillin V | Pen-Veek®, Beepen-VK® |
| Piperacillin+Tazobactam* | Zozyn® |
| Ticarcillin+Clavulanic Acid | Timentin® |
| Nafcillin | Unipen®, Nafcil® |
GROUP III: Cephalosporins
Cephalosporin I Generation
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Cefadroxil | Duricef® |
| Cefazolin | Ancef®, Kefzol®, Zolicef® |
| Cephalexin | Keflex®, Keftal®, Cefanox® |
| Cephalothin | Keflin®, Seffin® |
| Cephapirin | Cefadyl® |
| Cephradine | Velocef® |
Cephalosporin II Generation
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Cefaclor | Ceclor®, Ceclor CD® |
| Cefamandol | Mandol® |
| Cefonicid | Monocid® |
| Cefotetan | Cefotan® |
| Cefoxitin | Mefoxin® |
| Cefprozil | Cefzil® |
| Ceftmetazole | Zefazone® |
| Cefuroxime | Kefurox®, Zinacef® |
| Cefuroxime axetil | Ceftin® |
| Loracarbef | Lorabid® |
Cephalosporin III Generation
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Cefdinir | Omnicef® |
| Ceftibuten | Cedax® |
| Cefoperazone | Cefobid® |
| Cefixime* | Suprax® |
| Cefotaxime* | Claforan® |
| Cefpodoxime proxetil | Vantin® |
| Ceftazidime* | Ceptaz®, Fortaz®, Tanicef® |
| Ceftizoxime* | Cefizox® |
| Ceftriaxone* | Rocephin® |
Cephalosporin IV Generation
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Cefepime | Maxipime® |
GROUP IV: Macrolides and Lincosamines
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Azithromycin* | Zithromax® |
| Clarithromycin* | Biaxin® |
| Clindamycin | Cleocin® |
| Dirithromycin | Dynabac® |
| Erythromycin | E-mycin®, Ery-tab®, Benzamycin® |
| Lincomycin | Lincocin® |
| Troleandomycin | Tao® |
GROUP V: Quinolones and Fluoroquinolones
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Cinoxacin | Cinoxacin® |
| Ciprofloxacin* | Cipro® |
| Enoxacin | Penetrex® |
| Gatifloxacin | Tequin® |
| Grepafloxacin | Raxar®, Out of Market in USA |
| Levofloxacin | Levaquin®, Quixin® |
| Lomefloxacin | Maxaquin® |
| Moxifloxacin | Avelox® |
| Nalidixic acid | NegGam® |
| Norfloxacin* | Noroxin® |
| Ofloxacin | Floxin® |
| Sparfloxacin | Zagam® |
| Trovafloxacin | Trovan® |
| Oxolinic acid | Not licensed in USA |
| Gemifloxacin | Not licensed in USA |
| Perfloxacin | Not licensed in USA |
GROUP VI: Carbepenems
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Imipenem-Cilastatin* | Primaxin® |
| Meropenem | Merrem® |
GROUP VII: Monobactams
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Aztreonam* | Azactam® |
GROUP VIII: Aminoglycosides
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Amikacin* | Amikin® |
| Gentamicin | Garamycin® |
| Kanamycin | Kantrex® |
| Neomycin | Mycifradin®, Neo-Fradin® |
| Netilmicin | Netromycin® |
| Streptomycin | Streptomycin® |
| Tobramycin* | Tobrex®, Nebcin® |
| Paromomycin | Humatin® |
GROUP IX: Glycopeptides
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Teicoplanin | Targocid® |
| Vancomycin* | Vancocyn®, Lyphocin® |
GROUP X: Tetracyclines
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Demeclocycline | Declomycin® |
| Doxycycline | Doxy®, Vibra®, Vibramycin® |
| Methacycline | Rondomycin® |
| Minocycline | Minocin® |
| Oxytetracycline | Terramycin® |
| Tetracycline | Sumycin® |
| Chlortetracycline |
GROUP XI: Sulfonamides
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Mafenide | Sulfamylon® |
| Silver Sulfadiazine | SSD®, Silvadene® |
| Sulfacetamide | Sultrim® |
| Sulfadiazine | Sulfadiazine |
| Sulfamethoxazole | Gantanol® |
| Sulfasalazine | Sulfasalazine®,Azulfidine® |
| Sulfisoxazole | Sulfisoxazole |
| Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole | Bactrim®, Septra®, Cofatrim®, Primsol® |
| Sulfamethizole | Thiosulfil Forte® |
GROUP XII: Rifampin
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Rifabutin | Mycobutin® |
| Rifampin | Rifadin® |
| Rifapentine | Priftin® |
GROUP XIII: Oxazolidonones
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Linezolid* | Zyvox® |
GROUP XIV: Streptogramins
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Quinopristin+Dalfopristin* | Synercid® |
GROUP XV: Others
| Generic Name | Trade Name |
| Bacitracin | Baci-IM |
| Chloramphenicol* | Chloromycetin® |
| Colistemetate | Coly-Mycin® M & S |
| Fosfomycin | Monurol® |
| Isoniazid | Rifamate® |
| Methenamine | Hiprex®, Mandelamine® |
| Metronidazol | Flagyl® |
| Mupirocin | Bactroban® |
| Nitrofurantoin | Macrobid®, Macrodantin®, Furantoin® |
| Nitrofurazone | Furacin® |
| Novobiocin | Albamycin® |
| Polymyxin B | Aerospin® |
| Spectinomycin | Trobicin® |
| Trimethoprim | Proloprim®, Trimpex® |
| Colistin | |
| Cycloserine | |
| Capreomycin | |
| Ethionamide | |
| Pyrazinamide | |
| Para-aminosalicyclic acid | |
| Erythromycin ethylsuccinate + sulfisoxazole |
*Antibiotics marked with an asterisk are subject to restricted use in hospitals following guidelines of Infection Control Committee. Physicians should consult with an Infectious Disease specialist.
This table courtesy of APUA.org