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Quinolones are synthetic, bactericidal antibacterial agents with broad-spectrum activity. They inhibit the enzyme topoisomerase II, a DNA gyrase that is necessary for the replication of the microorganism. Topoisomerase II enzyme produces a negative supercoil on DNA, permitting transcription or replication so by inhibiting this enzyme DNA replication and transcription is blocked.
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Medical conditions associated with quinolones:
- Anthrax
- Anthrax Prophylaxis
- Bacteremia
- Bacterial Infection
- Bladder Infection
- Bone infection
- Bronchitis
- Campylobacter Gastroenteritis
- Cervicitis
- Chancroid
- Chlamydia Infection
- Cholera
- Crohn's Disease
- Cutaneous Bacillus anthracis
- Diverticulitis
- Epididymitis, Non-Specific
- Epididymitis, Sexually Transmitted
- Febrile Neutropenia
- Gonococcal Infection, Disseminated
- Gonococcal Infection, Uncomplicated
- Granuloma Inguinale
- Infection Prophylaxis
- Infectious Diarrhea
- Intraabdominal Infection
- Joint Infection
- Kidney Infections
- Leprosy, Borderline
- Leprosy, Lepromatous
- Meningococcal Meningitis Prophylaxis
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection
- Mycobacterium avium-intra