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The incidence of collagen-associated adverse events in pediatric population with the use of fluoroquinolones: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan

open access: yesBMC Pediatrics, 2020
Background To evaluate the safety of using fluoroquinolones in pediatric population in Taiwan. Methods Patients aged 0~18 years old with fluoroquinolones prescriptions ≥5 consecutive days during year 2000 to 2013 were selected from the National Health ...
Pei-Han Yu   +6 more
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Systemic use of fluoroquinolone in children [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Pediatrics, 2013
Fluoroquinolones are an important class of antibiotics that are widely used in adult patients because of their broad spectrum of activity, good tissue penetration, and oral bioavailability.
Soo-Han Choi   +2 more
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Pharmacodynamics of Fluoroquinolones [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Infectious Diseases, 1998
Fluoroquinolone antimicrobial agents are highly active against aerobic or facultative gram-negative bacilli. The fluoroquinolones have been shown to be very concentration dependent in their rates of killing and also have a postantibiotic effect against most gram-negative pathogens.
H, Lode, K, Borner, P, Koeppe
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A Review of the Resistance Mechanisms for β-Lactams, Macrolides and Fluoroquinolones among Streptococcus pneumoniae

open access: yesMedicina, 2023
Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is a bacterial species often associated with the occurrence of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). CAP refers to a specific kind of pneumonia that occurs in individuals who acquire the infection outside of a ...
Nurul Izzaty Najwa Zahari   +14 more
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Concentrations of Ciprofloxacin in the World’s Rivers Are Associated with the Prevalence of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Escherichia coli: A Global Ecological Analysis

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2022
Background: Extremely low concentrations of ciprofloxacin may select for antimicrobial resistance. A recent global survey found that ciprofloxacin concentrations exceeded safe levels at 64 sites. In this study, I assessed if national median ciprofloxacin
Chris Kenyon
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Ubiquitous Nature of Fluoroquinolones: The Oscillation between Antibacterial and Anticancer Activities

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2017
Fluoroquinolones are synthetic antibacterial agents that stabilize the ternary complex of prokaryotic topoisomerase II enzymes (gyrase and Topo IV), leading to extensive DNA fragmentation and bacteria death.
Temilolu Idowu, Frank Schweizer
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Biotransformation of the Fluoroquinolone, Levofloxacin, by the White-Rot Fungus Coriolopsis gallica

open access: yesJournal of Fungi, 2022
The wastewater from hospitals, pharmaceutical industries and more generally human and animal dejections leads to environmental releases of antibiotics that cause severe problems for all living organisms.
Amal Ben Ayed   +17 more
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The effectiveness of moxifloxacin in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia

open access: yesPerioperative Medicine, 2021
The article presents the results of domestic and international studies of the use of the fourth-generation fluoroquinolone moxifloxacin in the treatment of commu-nity-acquired pneumonia and pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2.
Dmytro Dmytriiev   +2 more
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Fluoroquinolones and Anaerobes [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Infectious Diseases, 2006
The usefulness of fluoroquinolones for the treatment of mixed aerobic and anaerobic infections has been investigated since these agents started being used in clinical practice. Newer compounds have increased in vitro activity against anaerobes, but clinically relevant susceptibility breakpoints for these bacteria have not been established ...
Gary E, Stein, Ellie J C, Goldstein
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The study of cross-resistance of MTB to certain anti-tuberculosis drugs among tuberculosis patients in Tomsk Region

open access: yesТуберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2020
The objective of the study: to assess the prevalence of drug resistance of tuberculous mycobacteria (MTB) to pyrazinamide, linezolid, cross-resistance to fluoroquinolones, and cross-resistance to injectable anti-tuberculosis drugs among tuberculosis ...
P. N. Golubchikov   +5 more
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