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Fluoroquinolones are medicines that kill bacteria or prevent their growth. (Medical Encyclopedia)
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∙ 11y agoQuinolones are DNA-damaging antibiotics that prevent bacteria DNA unwiding and duplicating.
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∙ 13y agosynthetic antibacterial agents, and are not derived from bacteria. They are included here because they can be readily interchanged with traditional antibiotics
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∙ 13y agoFluoroquinolones is a relatively new group of antibiotics that have had good success in treating infections with many gram-negative bacteria, such as Shigella.
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What is the difference between quinolones and fluoroquinolones?
Quinolones with a fluorine atom are called fluoroquinolones. while Quinolones haven't a fluorine atom.
What diseases are treated with quinolones?
The quinolones are a group of antibiotics. They are considered broad spectrum antibiotics in that they can treat a wide variety of things, and are broken down into four generations based on their specific sensitivities: First generation quinolones have a wide gram positive spectrum, but the gram negative coverage is pretty narrow. They are not used much anymore because they tend to have toxicity issues. Second generation quinolones have a little wide gram negative spectrum, but a little narrower gram positive. Third generation quinolones are like second generation but can also work against Staph. Fourth generation quinolones are like third generation but have a wider gram positive coverage and can also treat anaerobes.
Does ciprofloxacin hcl contain pennicilin?
No - Antibiotics such as Ciprofloxacin HCL are quinolones, and penicillin is a beta lactum antibiotic.
What antibiotic causes tendon weakness?
Quinolones are the antibiotic that shouldn't be used in children because of this possible side effect. Young dogs had tendon weakness after receiving a quinolone antibiotic. Quinolones are : (most common) : ciprofloxacin (Cipro) levofloxacin (Levaquin) moxifloxacin (Avelox) But this side effect is not a real issue in adults.
What is a Good broad spectrum antibiotic for dogs?
Amoxicillin alone, in combination with Clavulanic Acid, Quinolones like Enrofloxacin, Ciprofloxacin are good choices for initial therapy.
What drugs can cause Phototoxicity?
The list includes several common antibiotics--quinolones, sulfonamides, and tetracyclines; diuretics (water pills); major tranquilizers; oral diabetes medication; and cancer medicines.
What interactions are possible with sucralfate?
should not be used with aluminum containing antacids, because of the risk of increased aluminum absorption. Sucralfate may inhibit absorption and reduce blood levels of anticoagulants, digoxin, quinidine, ketoconazole, quinolones and phenytoin.
What is the function of DNA gyrase?
DNA gyrase is a bacterial enzyme which introduces supercoils into the bacterial DNA, resulting in a highly condensed 3-dimentional struture. it is also known as Topoisomerase. Quinolones and F/Quinolones inhibit this enzyme and thus interfere with bacterial DNA replication. The enzyme is absent in humans.
Can you take gentamIcin if allergic to penicillin?
Tetracyclines (e.g. doxycycline), quinolones (e.g. ciprofloxacin), macrolides (e.g. clarithromycin), aminoglycosides (e.g. gentamicin) and glycopeptides (e.g. vancomycin) are all unrelated to penicillins and are safe to use in the penicillin allergic patient.
What is ciprofloxacin quiprime?
Quiprime is a brand of ciprofloxacin, which is an antibiotic.It's used to treat bacterial infections of the nose, lungs, skin, bones, joints, genitals, bladder and the digestive system. It can also be used to treat certain STD's (sexually transmitted diseases) Quiprime belongs to a group of antibiotics called quinolones.
Name atleast 10 antibiotic names and there cure?
Benzylpenicillin - Strep throat Flucloxacillin - Penicillin resistant Staph Ampicillin + Amoxycillin - Broad range of gram negatives Peperacillin + Ticarcillin - Psudomonads (all penicillins) Tetracycline, Gentamycin, Erythromycin, Kanomycin, Neomycin, Rifampicin, Quinolones. (all work on many bacteria) Hope this helped.
Does Levaquin make a drug screen test positive?
Some antibiotics may cause false positives for opiates: "A total of 13 quinolone antibiotics were solubilized to represent expected urinary concentrations for testing via 5 different commercial immonoassays (levofloxacin [levaquin], ofloxacin [floxin], gatifloxacin, enoxacin, moxifloxacin, sparfloxacin, pefloxacin, trovafloxacin, lomefloxacin, ciprofloxacin [cipro], cinafloxacin, norfloxacin, and nalidixic acid. The assays included EMIT II reagents, AxSYM flourescence polarization immunoassay, CEDIA, Roche Abuscreen OnLine reagents, and Beckman opiate reagents. In vitro testing against a positive concentration of morphine (300 ng/mL) revealed that 9 of the quinolones (levofloxacin, ofloxacin, perfloxacin, enoxacin, gatifloxacin, lomefloxacin, moxifloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and norfloxacin) caused false positives in at least one of the assay systems. The quinolones that cross reacted most often included levofloxacin (4/5), ofloxacin (4/5), perfloxacin (3/5) and enoxacin (2/5)." Baden LR Horowitz B, Jacoby H Eliopoulos GM Quinolones and false positive urine screeing for opiates by immunoassay technology JAMA 2001; 286:3115-3119.
