This study reports an analytical method for the determination of nitroimidazole and quinolones in honey using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). A modified QuEChERS methodology was used to extract the analytes and determine veterinary drugs in honey by LC-MS/MS. The linear regression was excellent at the concentration levels of 1-100 ng/mL in the solution standard curve ...

The quinolones inhibit the essential bacterial enzymes DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV, which alter DNA topology after inserting a double-stranded break. DNA gyrase exists as an A2B2 tetramer, encoded by the gyrA and gyrB genes, and catalyses negative DNA supercoiling. Topoisomerase IV exists as a C2E2 tetramer encoded by the parC and parE genes, and is involved in chromosome partitioning. Prev...

chemically, may be regarded as weak substituted heterocyclic amino acids. These drugs primarily find use in the treatment of urinary and respiratory infections. Fluoroquinolones exhibit strong activity against Gram-negative and some Gram-positive bacteria, though many anaerobic strains are resistant. Fleroxacin and moxifloxacin are fluoroquinolone family members which belong to 2nd and 4th gene...

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Staphylococcus aureus isolates were exposed to subinhibitory MICs of ciprofloxacin, sparfloxacin, gatifloxacin, moxifloxacin, clinafloxacin, and gemifloxacin during a 10-day period. Subculturing led to resistance development, regardless of the initial potencies of the quinolones. None of the quinolones was associated with a significantly slo...

Superfusion of canine tracheal mucosa with 100 microg each of grepafloxacin and ciprofloxacin per ml reduced the electrical transepithelial potential difference in vivo by more than 50%. This effect was dose dependent, specific for new quinolones, and inhibited by Cl channel blockers, indicating that new quinolones attenuate Cl secretion across the airway epithelium.

Escherichia coli is an important pathogen of animals and humans that causes great financial cost in food production by causing disease in food animals. The quinolones are a class of synthetic antimicrobial agents with excellent activity against Escherichia coli and other Gram-negative bacteria used in human and veterinary medicine. Different quinolones are used to treat various conditions in an...

OBJECTIVES Quinolones accumulate in eukaryotic cells and show activity against a large array of intracellular organisms, but systematic studies aimed at examining their pharmacodynamic profile against intracellular bacteria are scarce. The present work aims at comparing intracellular-to-extracellular activities in this context. METHODS We assessed the activities of ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin...

The meta-analysis by SIEMPOS et al. [1] has shown equivalent efficacy of macrolides, quinolones and amoxicillin/clavulanate in the treatment of patients with acute bacterial exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (ABECB). Although quinolones are associated with better microbiological success and fewer recurrences of ABECB, certain points merit further discussion, especially in tuberculosis (TB) end...

An efficient and practical method for the direct cross-coupling between quinolones and a range of azoles was developed via copper-mediated C-H functionalization. This synthetic strategy provides a convenient access to a variety of C3-heteroaryl quinolones, quinolinone, nalidixic acid, uracil, pyridone and chromone derivatives, which are prominent structural motifs in many biologically active co...

BACKGROUND Quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae has swiftly emerged in Canada. We sought to determine its prevalence in the province of Ontario and to investigate risk factors for quinolone-resistant N. gonorrhoeae infection in a Canadian setting. METHODS We used records from the Public Health Laboratory of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion in Toronto, Ontario, and t...