Quinolone
In medicine, quinolones are antibiotics that are "a group of derivatives of naphthyridine carboxylic acid, quinoline carboxylic acid, or nalidixic acid."[1] Nadixilic acid's effects are localized to the urinary tract, but it was the first quinolone in general use. The subsequent quinolones, with broader spectra, were fluorinated and are often called fluoroquinolones.[2]
Mode of action
Quinolones inhibit the enzyme DNA gyrase.
Classes
The first, unspecialized systemic quinolones included ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and norfloxacin.
'Respiratory quinolones' are levofloxacin, gatifloxacin, or moxifloxacin. However, gatifloxacin can cause dysglycemia.[3]
'Antipseudomonal quinolones' are ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin.
Enrofloxacin is marketed for veterinary use as Baytril.
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Quinolone (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Hardman JG, Limberd LE, Molinoff PB, Ruddon RW, Alfred Goodman Gilman, ed. (1996), Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (Ninth ed.), McGraw-Hill, pp. 1065-1068
- ↑ Park-Wyllie LY, Juurlink DN, Kopp A, Shah BR, Stukel TA, Stumpo C et al. (2006). "Outpatient gatifloxacin therapy and dysglycemia in older adults.". N Engl J Med 354 (13): 1352-61. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa055191. PMID 16510739. Research Blogging.