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lomefloxacin (Maxaquin)
Tradename: Maxaquin.
Indications:
- bacterial infections due to susceptible organisms
- urinary tract infection (UTI)
- mild lower respiratory tract infection caused by:
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- NOT Streptococcus pneumoniae
- prophylaxis for perioperative infection
- prostate biopsy
- genitourinary surgery [3]
Dosage: 400 PO BID.
Tabs: 400 mg.
Antimicrobial activity:
Gram positive
- Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
Gram negative
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Escherichia coli
- Klebsiella species
- Enterobacter species
- Serratia species
- Proteus mirabilis
- Proteus vulgaris
- Providencia species
- Morganella species
- Citrobacter species
- Aeromonas species
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa (+/-)
- Yersinia enterocolitica
Atypical bacteria
- Chlamydia species
Interactions
drug interactions
drug adverse effects of fluoroquinolones
General
fluoroquinolone
Properties
INHIBITS: DNA gyrase
MISC-INFO: elimination route LIVER
KIDNEY
pregnancy-category C
safety in lactation ?
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM correlations
References
- The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed.
Gilman et al, eds. Permagon Press/McGraw Hill, 1996
- Sanford Guide to antimicrobial therapy 1997
- Deprecated Reference