text: This is the timeline of modern antimicrobial (anti-infective) therapy.
  The years show when a given drug was released onto the pharmaceutical
  market. This is not a timeline of the development of the antibiotics themselves.
  * 1911 – Arsphenamine, also Salvarsan
  * 1912 – Neosalvarsan
  * 1935 – Prontosil (an oral precursor to sulfanilamide), the first sulfonamide
  * 1936 – Sulfanilamide
  * 1938 – Sulfapyridine (M&B 693)
  * 1939 – sulfacetamide
  * 1940 – sulfamethizole
  * 1942 – benzylpenicillin, the first penicillin
  * 1942 – gramicidin S, the first peptide antibiotic
  * 1942 – sulfadimidine
  * 1943 – sulfamerazine
  * 1944 – streptomycin, the first aminoglycoside
  * 1947 – sulfadiazine
  * 1948 – chlortetracycline, the first tetracycline
  * 1949 – chloramphenicol, the first amphenicol 
  * 1949 – neomycin
  * 1950 – oxytetracycline
  * 1950 – penicillin G procaine
  * 1952 – erythromycin, the first macrolide
  * 1954 – benzathine penicillin
  * 1955 – spiramycin
  * 1955 – tetracycline
  * 1955 – thiamphenicol
  * 1955 – vancomycin, the first glycopeptide
  * 1956 – phenoxymethylpenicillin
  * 1958 – colistin, the first polymyxin
  * 1958 – demeclocycline
  * 1959 – virginiamycin
  * 1960 – methicillin
  * 1960 – metronidazole, the first nitroimidazole
  * 1961 – ampicillin
  * 1961 – spectinomycin
  * 1961 – sulfamethoxazole
  * 1961 – trimethoprim, the first dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor
  * 1962 – oxacillin
  * 1962 – cloxacillin
  * 1962 – fusidic acid
  * 1963 – fusafungine
  * 1963 – lymecycline
  * 1964 – gentamicin
  * 1964 – cefalotin, the first cephalosporin
  * 1966 – doxycycline
  * 1967 – carbenicillin
  * 1967 – rifampicin
  * 1967 – nalidixic acid, the first quinolone
  * 1968 – clindamycin, the second lincosamide
  * 1970 – cefalexin
  * 1971 – cefazolin
  * 1971 – pivampicillin
  * 1971 – tinidazole
  * 1972 – amoxicillin
  * 1972 – cefradine
  * 1972 – minocycline
  * 1972 – pristinamycin
  * 1973 – fosfomycin
  * 1974 – talampicillin
  * 1975 – tobramycin
  * 1975 – bacampicillin
  * 1975 – ticarcillin
  * 1976 – amikacin
  * 1977 – azlocillin
  * 1977 – cefadroxil
  * 1977 – cefamandole
  * 1977 – cefoxitin
  * 1977 – cefuroxime
  * 1977 – mezlocillin
  * 1977 – pivmecillinam
  * 1979 – cefaclor
  * 1980 – cefmetazole
  * 1980 – cefotaxime
  * 1980 – piperacillin
  * 1981 – co-amoxiclav (amoxicillin/clavulanic acid)
  * 1981 – cefoperazone
  * 1981 – cefotiam
  * 1981 – cefsulodin
  * 1981 – latamoxef
  * 1981 – netilmicin
  * 1982 – ceftriaxone
  * 1982 – micronomicin
  * 1983 – cefmenoxime
  * 1983 – ceftazidime
  * 1983 – ceftizoxime
  * 1983 – norfloxacin
  * 1984 – cefonicid
  * 1984 – cefotetan
  * 1984 – temocillin
  * 1985 – cefpiramide
  * 1985 – imipenem/cilastatin, the first carbapenem
  * 1985 – ofloxacin
  * 1986 – mupirocin
  * 1986 – aztreonam
  * 1986 – cefoperazone/sulbactam
  * 1986 – co-ticarclav (ticarcillin/clavulanic acid)
  * 1987 – ampicillin/sulbactam
  * 1987 – cefixime
  * 1987 – roxithromycin
  * 1987 – sultamicillin
  * 1987 – ciprofloxacin, the first 2nd-gen fluoroquinolone  
  * 1987 – rifaximin, the first ansamycin
  * 1988 – azithromycin 
  * 1988 – flomoxef
  * 1988 – isepamycin
  * 1988 – midecamycin
  * 1988 – rifapentine
  * 1988 – teicoplanin
  * 1989 – cefpodoxime
  * 1989 – enrofloxacin
  * 1989 – lomefloxacin
  * 1989 – moxifloxacin
  * 1990 – arbekacin
  * 1990 – cefodizime
  * 1990 – clarithromycin
  * 1991 – cefdinir
  * 1992 – cefetamet
  * 1992 – cefpirome
  * 1992 – cefprozil
  * 1992 – ceftibuten
  * 1992 – fleroxacin
  * 1992 – loracarbef
  * 1992 – piperacillin/tazobactam
  * 1992 – rufloxacin
  * 1993 – brodimoprim
  * 1993 – dirithromycin
  * 1993 – levofloxacin
  * 1993 – nadifloxacin
  * 1993 – panipenem/betamipron
  * 1993 – sparfloxacin
  * 1994 – cefepime
  * 1996 – meropenem
  * 1999 – quinupristin/dalfopristin
  * 2000 – linezolid, the first oxazolidinone
  * 2001 – telithromycin, the first ketolide
  * 2003 – daptomycin
  * 2005 – tigecycline, the first glycylcycline
  * 2005 – doripenem
  * 2009 – telavancin, the first lipoglycopeptide
  * 2010 – ceftaroline
  * 2011 – fidaxomicin
  * 2012 – bedaquiline
  * 2013 – telavancin
  * 2014 – tedizolid
  * 2014 – dalbavancin
  * 2014 – ceftolozane/tazobactam
  * 2015 – ceftazidime/avibactam
  * 2017 – meropenem/vaborbactam
  * 2019 – imipenem/cilastatin/relebactam
  * 2019 – cefiderocol