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. 2013 Oct 16;8(10):e76398. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076398

Table 1. Groupings of oral antimicrobials dispensed in Canadian outpatient pharmacies 2000–2010 based on the WHO Antimicrobial Therapeutic Classification system (12).

ATC Classification Antimicrobial
Broad spectrum penicillins Amoxicillin, amoxicillin with enzyme inhibitor, ampicillin carbenicillin, pivampicillin
Cephalosporins Cefaclor, cefadroxil, cefixime, cefprozil, cefuroxime axetil, cephalexin, cephradine
Macrolides, lincosamides, streptogramins Azithromycin, clarithromycin, clindamycin, erythromycin, lincomycin, spiramycin, telithromycin
Narrow spectrum penicillins Bacampicillin, cloxacillin, dicloxacillin, flucloxacillin, penicillin G, penicillin V, pivmecillinam
Other antimicrobials Chloramphenicol, erythromycin-sulfisoxazole, fosfomycin, fusidic acid, kanamycin, linezolid, methenamine, metronidazole, neomycin, nitrofurantoin, tobramycin, vancomycin
Quinolones Ciprofloxacin, gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, grepafloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin nalidixic acid, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, trovafloxacin
Sulfonamides and trimethoprim Sulfadiazine, sulfadiazine and trimethoprim, Sulfamethizole, sulfamethoxazole, sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim, sulfapyridine, sulfisoxazole, trimethoprim
Tetracyclines Demeclocycline, doxycycline, minocycline, tetracycline