Here is a list of Antimicrobics (antibiotics) and its uses.
(i) Penicillin G:
Is used against Gram positive bacterial infections, streptococcal sore throat, gonorrhea and syphilis.
(ii) Ampicillin:
Is used against Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial infections, middle ear infections, urinary tract infections cause by Enterococcus faecalis and infections caused by Escherichia coli.
(iii) Methicillin:
It is used against Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial infections, penicilliase producing Staphylococcus aureus infections.
(iv) Cephalosporin’s:
Are used against Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial infections, urinary tract and other infections due to Escherichia coli, middle ear infections and meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenza.
(v) Streptomycin:
Used against Gram negative bacterial infections, bubonic plague and tularemia.
(vi) Neomycin:
Used against Gram negative bacterial infections. Used as topical ointment for general cuts and abrasions of the skin.
(vii) Chloramphenicol:
Is used against Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial infections, meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenza or Veisseria meningitidis and typhoid fever.
(viii) Tetracycline:
Effective against Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial infections, pneumonia due to Mycoplasma, in nongonococcal urinary tract infections.
(ix) Bacitracin:
Is used against Gram positive bacterial infections, tropical ointment for general cuts and abrasions of the skin.
(x) Erythromycin:
Is used against Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial infections, whooping cough, diphtheria, diarrhoea, caused by Campylobacter. It is also effective against pneumonia caused by Legionella or mycoplasma.
(xi) Rifampicin:
Is used in Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial infections, tuberculosis and Hansen disease (leprosy).
(xii) Nystatin:
Is used against yeast infections and Candida albicans infections of skin and vagina.
(xiii) Griseofulvin:
Is used against ringworm of hair and nails.
(xiv) Amphotericin B:
Is used in systemic mycosis, histoplasmosis and cryptococcal meningitis.
(xv) Flucytosine:
Is used against candidiasis, cryptococcosis and aspergillosis.
(xvi) Ketoconazole:
Is used in candidiasis, fungal skin infections and some systemic mycosis.
(xvii) Pentamidine:
Is used against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and the African sleeping sickness (protozoal).
(xviii) Metronidazole:
Is used in the infections caused by Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonas vaginalis.
(xix) Zidovudine:
Is used against HIV infections.
(xx) Amantidine:
Is used against influenza type A infections.
(xxi) Acyclovir:
Is used against herpesvirus in herpes simplex, cytomegalovirus and varicella-zoster virus infections.