OFLOXACIN

Course overview

OFLOXACIN IS AN ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG IN THE FLUOROQUINOLONE FAMILY THAT EFFECTIVELY TREATS VARIOUS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS. IT RECEIVED FDA APPROVAL IN 1990. OFLOXACIN IS A MEDICATION IN THE FLUOROQUINOLONE CLASS USED TO TREAT MULTIPLE GRAM-POSITIVE AND GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE INDICATIONS, MECHANISM OF ACTION, ADMINISTRATION, ADVERSE EFFECTS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, AND OTHER CRITICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OFLOXACIN THAT ARE PERTINENT FOR HEALTHCARE TEAM MEMBERS IN MANAGING PATIENTS WITH PNEUMONIA, CONJUNCTIVITIS, AND EAR INFECTIONS, URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, AND OTHER SUCH INFECTIONS.