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Descriptions

Pefloxacin is a synthetic chemotherapeutic agent used to treat severe and life threatening bacterial infections. Pefloxacin is commonly referred to as a fluoroquinolone (or quinolone) drug and is a member of the fluoroquinolone class of antibacterials. It is an analog of norfloxacin. It is a synthetic fluoroquinolone, belonging to the 3rd generation of quinolones. Pefloxacin is extensively prescribed in France, but has not been approved for use in the United States. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Pefloxacin (Wikipedia)

A synthetic broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent active against most gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Pefloxacin
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
Pefloxacin

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 培氟沙星
Synonyms: 果皮油
fr-CA French (Canada) Péfloxacine
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Pefloksatsiin
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Pefloxacino
it-IT Italian (Italy) Pefloxacina
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Peflokzasin
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Пефлоксацин
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) pefloxacine
fr-BE French (Belgium) Péfloxacine