Antibiotics

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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