title: Quinolone antimicrobial agents.
abstract: This chapter reviews the chemistry, microbiology, pharmacology, and clinical use of the fluoroquinolone antimicrobial agents. The molecular and clinical problems of bacterial resistance are reviewed. The clinical areas in which fluoroquinolones have been investigated are detailed, with particular attention to areas of appropriate and inappropriate use.
authors.affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Neu
mesh_terms: D042462:4-Quinolones; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D042462:4-Quinolones; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents