lomefloxacin HCl

trade name: Maxaquin; drug class: fluoroquinolone antiinfective; action: a broadspectrum bactericidal agent that inhibits the enzyme DNA gyrase needed for DNA synthesis; uses: lower respiratory tract infections (pneumonia, bronchitis); genitourinary infections (prostatitis); preoperatively to reduce UTIs in transurethral surgical procedures due to susceptible gram-negative organisms.