Most bacteria are benign or even beneficial. But not all of them. Bacteria cause about 8 million deaths every year. And they cause many times more infections than that. (See my posts Human Pathogenic Bacteria I and Human Pathogenic Bacteria II). But we have a way to fight back. We have developed dozens of antibiotic drugs for treating human infections.
The following images are inspired by (but do not accurately depict) some of the antibiotics we've developed to stop bacteria in their tracks.
Penicillin
Piperacillin
Platensimycin
Polymyxin
Posizolid
Pyrazinamide
Quinupristin
Radezolid
Retapamulin
Rifabutin
Rifampicin
Rifapentine
Rifaximin
Roxithromycin
Sparfloxacin
Spectinomycin
Spiramycin
Streptomycin
Sulfabactam
Sulfacetamide
Sulfadiazine
Sulfadimethoxine
Sulfamethizole
Sulfamethoxazole
Sulfanilimide
Sulfasalazine
Sulfsoxazole
Sulfonamidochrysoidine
Tazobactam
Tedizolid
Teicoplanin
Telavancin
Telithromycin
Temafloxacin
Temocillin
Tetracycline
Thiamphenicol
Ticarcillin
Tigecycline
Tinidazole
Tobramycin
Torezolid
Trimethoprim
Trovafloxacin
Vancomycin
These illustrations were drawn using Stable Diffusion 2.1.
