Thursday, May 29, 2014

Nalidixic acid pharmacodynamics


Nalidixic acid is a quinolone antibacterial abettor for articulate administration. Nalidixic acid has apparent antibacterial action adjoin gram-negative bacilli including Enterobacter species, Escherichia coli, Morganella Morganii; Proteus Mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, and Providencia rettgeri. Pseudomonas breed are about aggressive to the drug. Nalidixic acid is antibacterial and is able over the absolute urinary pH range. Conventional chromosomal attrition to nalidixic acid taken in abounding dosage has been appear to appear in about 2 to 14 percent of patients during treatment; however, bacterial attrition to nalidixic acid has not been apparent to be communicable via R factor.
Nalidixic acid is 93% apprenticed to protein in the blood, and the alive metabolite, hydroxynalidixic acid is 63% bound.

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