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. 2022 Feb 11;8:798850. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.798850

Table 1.

Families of antibiotics and individual compounds used as search terms.

Family Individual compounds
Critically important
Aminoglycosides Aminocyclitol, amikacin, apramycin, dihydrostreptomycin, fortimycin, framycetin, gentamicin, kanamycin, neomycin, paromomycin, spectinomycin, streptomycin, tobramycin
Amphenicols Florphenicol, thiamphenicol
Cephalosporins Cefoperazone, ceftiofur, ceftriaxone, cefquinome
Macrolides Carbomycin, erythromycin, gamithromycin, josamycin, kitasamycin, mirosamycin, oleandomycin, sedecamycin, spiramycin, terdecamycin, tildipirosin, tilmicosin, tulathromycin, tylosin, tylvalosin
Penicillins Natural penicillins: benethamine penicillin, benzylpenicillin, penethamate, benzylpenicillin procaine, benzathine penicillin; amdinopenicillins: mecillinam; aminopenicillins: amoxicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, ampicillin, ampicillin/sulbactam, hetacillin; carboxypenicillins: ticarcillin, tobicillin; ureidopenicillin: aspoxicillin; phenoxypenicillins: phenoxymethylpenicillin, phenethicillin; antistaphylococcal penicillins: cloxacillin, dicloxacillin, nafcillin, oxacillin
Fluoroquinolones Ciprofloxacin, danofloxacin, difloxacin, enrofloxacin, marbofloxacin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, orbifloxacin, sarafloxacin
Sulfonamides Phthalylsulfathiazole, sulfachlorpyridazine, sulfadiazine, sulfadimerazin, sulfadimethoxazole, sulfadimethoxine, sulfadimidine, sulfadoxine, sulfafurazole, sulfaguanidine, sulfamerazine, sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxine, sulfamethoxypyridazine, sulfamonomethoxine, sulfanilamide, sulfapyridine, sulfaquinoxaline
Diaminopyrimidines Baquiloprim, trimethoprim, ormetoprim
Sulfonamides + diaminopyrimidines Sulfadimethoxine/ormetoprim, sulfonamide/trimethoprim
Tetracyclines Chlortetracycline, doxycycline, oxytetracycline, tetracycline
Highly important
Ansamycin–rifamycins Ansamycin, rifampicin, rifaximin
Cephalosporins Cefacetrile, cefalexin, cefalotin, cefapyrin, cefazolin, cefalonium, cefuroxime
Ionophores Lasalocid, maduramycin, monensin, narasin, salinomycin, semduramicin
Lincosamides Pirlimycin, lincomycin
Phosphonic acid derivates Phosphonic acid, fosfomycin
Pleuromutilins Tiamulin, valnemulin
Polypeptides Enramycin, gramicidin, bacitracin, colistin, polymixin
Quinolones Flumequin, miloxacin, nalidixic acid, oxolinic acid
Important
Aminocoumarin Aminocoumarin, novobiocin
Arsenical Roxarsone, nitarsone
Bicyclomycin Bicyclomycin, bicozamycin
Fusidic acid Fusidic acid
Orthosomycins Avilamycin
Quinoxalines Carbadox, olaquindox
Streptogramins Virginiamycin
Thiostrepton Thiostrepton, nosiheptide

Adapted from the OIE list of antimicrobial agents of veterinary importance (22).