Antibiotics

• Quinolones

 

Quinolone carboxylic acid derivatives are synthetic antimicrobial agents. Nalidixic acid and its congener oxolinic acid have been used for treatment of urinary tract infections for years.

 

Classes of Quinolones
Quinolone carboxylic acids	Enrofloxacin, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, orbifloxacin, pefloxacin, danofloxacin, difloxacin, marbofloxacin, rosoxacin, acrosoxacin, oxolinic acid
Naphthydridine carboxylic acids	Enoxacin, nalidixic acid
Cinnoline carboxylic acids	Cinoxacin
Pyridopyrimidine carboxylic acids	Pipemidic acid, p iromidic acid
Quinolizine carboxylic acids	Ofloxacin, flumequine