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'Respiratory quinolones' are [[levofloxacin]], [[gatifloxacin]], or [[moxifloxacin]]. However, gatifloxacin can cause dysglycemia.<ref name="pmid16510739">{{cite journal| author=Park-Wyllie LY, Juurlink DN, Kopp A, Shah BR, Stukel TA, Stumpo C et al.| title=Outpatient gatifloxacin therapy and dysglycemia in older adults. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2006 | volume= 354 | issue= 13 | pages= 1352-61 | pmid=16510739  
'Respiratory quinolones' are [[levofloxacin]], [[gatifloxacin]], or [[moxifloxacin]]. However, gatifloxacin can cause dysglycemia.<ref name="pmid16510739">{{cite journal| author=Park-Wyllie LY, Juurlink DN, Kopp A, Shah BR, Stukel TA, Stumpo C et al.| title=Outpatient gatifloxacin therapy and dysglycemia in older adults. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2006 | volume= 354 | issue= 13 | pages= 1352-61 | pmid=16510739  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16510739 | doi=10.1056/NEJMoa055191 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref>
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16510739 | doi=10.1056/NEJMoa055191 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref>
'Antipseudomonal quinolones' are [[ciprofloxacin]], [[levofloxacin]]


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Revision as of 13:17, 6 September 2009

In medicine, quinolones are antibiotics that are "a group of derivatives of naphthyridine carboxylic acid, quinoline carboxylic acid, or nalidixic acid."[1]

'Respiratory quinolones' are levofloxacin, gatifloxacin, or moxifloxacin. However, gatifloxacin can cause dysglycemia.[2]

'Antipseudomonal quinolones' are ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin

References

  1. Anonymous (2024), Quinolone (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. 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.