Thursday, September 29, 2016

Quinolones


A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient or by the way it is used to treat a particular condition. Each drug can be classified into one or more drug classes.

Quinolones are synthetic, bactericidal antibacterial agents with broad-spectrum activity. They inhibit the enzyme topoisomerase II, a DNA gyrase that is necessary for the replication of the microorganism. Topoisomerase II enzyme produces a negative supercoil on DNA, permitting transcription or replication so by inhibiting this enzyme DNA replication and transcription is blocked.

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Medical conditions associated with quinolones:

  • Anthrax
  • Anthrax Prophylaxis
  • Bacteremia
  • Bacterial Infection
  • Bladder Infection
  • Bone infection
  • Bronchitis
  • Campylobacter Gastroenteritis
  • Cervicitis
  • Chancroid
  • Chlamydia Infection
  • Cholera
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Cutaneous Bacillus anthracis
  • Diverticulitis
  • Epididymitis, Non-Specific
  • Epididymitis, Sexually Transmitted
  • Febrile Neutropenia
  • Gonococcal Infection, Disseminated
  • Gonococcal Infection, Uncomplicated
  • Granuloma Inguinale
  • Infection Prophylaxis
  • Infectious Diarrhea
  • Intraabdominal Infection
  • Joint Infection
  • Kidney Infections
  • Leprosy, Borderline
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous
  • Meningococcal Meningitis Prophylaxis
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection
  • Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, Treatment
  • Nongonococcal Urethritis
  • Nosocomial Pneumonia
  • Otitis Media
  • Pelvic Infections
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
  • Peritonitis
  • Plague
  • Pneumonia
  • Pneumonia with Cystic Fibrosis
  • Prevention of Bladder infection
  • Prostatitis
  • Rabbit Fever
  • Salmonella Enteric Fever
  • Salmonella Gastroenteritis
  • Shigellosis
  • Sinusitis
  • Skin and Structure Infection
  • Skin Infection
  • Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth
  • Strep Throat
  • Streptococcal Infection
  • Transurethral Prostatectomy
  • Traveler's Diarrhea
  • Tuberculosis, Active
  • Typhoid Fever
  • Urinary Tract Infection

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