NephrologyNews.com Quinolone antibiotics have antiviral properties against BK virus but efficacy at preventing this infection has not been shown in prospective controlled studies, according to background information in the article. Greg A. Knoll, MD, from the Ottawa ... and more »
CNNMoney QINPREZO™ (vosaroxin) is an anti-cancer quinolone derivative (AQD), a class of compounds that has not been used previously for the treatment of cancer. Preclinical data demonstrate that QINPREZO both intercalates DNA and inhibits topoisomerase II, ... and more »
Times of India Indian scientists may have found a game-changing discovery that will shorten treatment for tuberculosis to four months from the standard six-month regimen of medication, trials that included an antibiotic prescribed for infections like pneumonia have ...
Family Practice News Digital Network Key clinical point: Levofloxacin prophylaxis isn't recommended after kidney transplant, because it failed to prevent BK viruria and was associated with an increase in quinolone -resistant bacterial isolates. Major finding: Levofloxacin 500 mg daily for ... and more »
Monthly Prescribing Reference Quinolones and fluoroquinolones are effective broad-spectrum antibiotics that are used to treat numerous infections; however, concerns about possible teratogenic effects seen in animal studies have limited their use during pregnancy. In a study ...
TheFishSite.com While only a few antibiotics are approved for aquaculture and exact data on use is hard to come by (see below) at least two critically important antibiotics – tetracyclines and oxolinic acid, a third generation quinolone – are in regular use in Chile ... and more »
AAP News (subscription) Of concern, however, was that 68% of the isolates were resistant to nalidixic acid (a quinolone antibiotic), which is used in the laboratory to test for resistance. The concern is based on that fact that quinolones are one of the antibiotics commonly ... and more »
Medscape Available anti-malarial tools have over the ten-year period prior to 2012 dramatically reduced the number of fatalities due to malaria from one million to less than six-hundred and thirty thousand. Although fewer people now die from malaria, emerging ...
MarketWatch QINPREZO™ (vosaroxin) is an anti-cancer quinolone derivative (AQD), a class of compounds that has not been used previously for the treatment of cancer. Preclinical data demonstrate that QINPREZO both intercalates DNA and inhibits topoisomerase II, ... and more »
Nasdaq QINPREZO™ (vosaroxin) is an anti-cancer quinolone derivative (AQD), a class of compounds that has not been used previously for the treatment of cancer. Preclinical data demonstrate that QINPREZO both intercalates DNA and inhibits topoisomerase II, ... and more »
