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fluoroquinolone

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fluoroquinolone /flu·o·ro·quin·o·lone/ (-kwin´o-lon) any of a subgroup of fluorine-substituted quinolones, having a broader spectrum of activity than nalidixic acid.
fluor·o·quin·o·lone (flr-kwn-ln, flôr-)
n.
Any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics that are fluorinated derivatives of quinolone compounds and are especially effective against gram-negative bacteria.
fluoroquinolone
a group of antibiotics which exert their antimicrobial effects by inhibiting bacterial DNA gyrase. They are effective primarily against gram-negative organisms. Includes ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, enrofloxacin.
fluoroquinolone Antibiotics A quinolone with an added flourine on the parent quinolone structure. See Quinolone.


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He said that FDA's objective is to keep the germs vulnerable to enrofloxacin and other antibiotics in the class known as fluoroquinolones.
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A rapidly increasing proportion of gonorrhea cases among men who have sex with men are resistant to a class of antibiotics commonly used to treat gonococcal infection, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to recommend that these drugs, fluoroquinolones, no longer be given as first-line treatment for this population.
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