The New Fluoroquinolones: A Critical Review

OBJECTIVE: This paper reviews the literature available on the new fluoroquinolones – clinafloxacin, gatifloxacin, grepafloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, sparfloxacin and trovafloxacin – to compare these agents with each other and contrast them with ciprofloxacin, an older fluoroquinolone.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: George G Zhanel, Andrew Walkty, Lavern Vercaigne, James A Karlowsky, John Embil, Alfred S Gin, Daryl J Hoban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1999-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/378394