Timeline — Antimicrobial Resistance
A century of antibiotic introductions set against the year resistance was first reported for each, with the discovery void and the post-2010 stewardship era drawn as separate bands.
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title "Antibiotics and resistance, 1928-2025"
axis 1925 2030
era 1940 1962 "Golden age of discovery" color green
era 1962 2000 "Discovery void" color slate
era 2000 2030 "Stewardship era" color blue
lane "Introduced"
event 1928 "Penicillin discovered"
event 1943 "Penicillin mass produced"
event 1950 "Tetracycline"
event 1953 "Vancomycin isolated"
event 1960 "Methicillin"
event 1987 "Daptomycin discovered"
event 2000 "Linezolid"
event 2015 "Teixobactin reported"
event 2019 "Cefiderocol"
lane "Resistance first reported"
event 1940 "Penicillinase described"
event 1959 "Tetracycline resistance"
event 1962 "MRSA isolated"
event 1988 "Vancomycin-resistant enterococci"
event 2001 "Linezolid resistance"
event 2008 "NDM-1 carbapenemase"
event 2015 "Colistin resistance gene mcr-1"