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
