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. 2017 Jul 10;12:29. doi: 10.1186/s13017-017-0141-6

Table 5.

Antibiotics commonly used to treat biliary tract infections and their biliary penetration ability [153]

Good penetration efficiency Low penetration efficiency
Piperacillin/tazobactam Ceftriaxone
Tigecycline Cefotaxime
Amoxicillin/clavulanate Meropenem
Ciprofloxacin Ceftazidime
Ampicillin/sulbactam Vancomycin
Cefepime Amikacin
Levofloxacin Gentamicin
Imipenem