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  2. Levofloxacin - Wikipedia

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    Levofloxacin was patented in 1985 and approved for medical use in the United States in 1996. [7] [10] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [11] It is available as a generic medication. [7] In 2022, it was the 251st most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 1 million prescriptions ...

  3. Antibiotic-associated diarrhea - Wikipedia

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    Clostridioides difficile, also known more commonly as C. diff, accounts for 10 to 20% of antibiotic-associated diarrhea cases, because the antibiotics administered for the treatment of certain disease processes such as inflammatory colitis also inadvertently kill a large portion of the gut flora, the normal flora that is usually present within the bowel.

  4. Clostridioides difficile infection - Wikipedia

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    Signs and symptoms of CDI range from mild diarrhea to severe life-threatening inflammation of the colon. [16]In adults, a clinical prediction rule found the best signs to be significant diarrhea ("new onset of more than three partially formed or watery stools per 24-hour period"), recent antibiotic exposure, abdominal pain, fever (up to 40.5 °C or 105 °F), and a distinctive foul odor to the ...

  5. Dangerous side effect of popular antibiotic - AOL

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    Levofloxacin, which is marketed under the brand name Levaquin in the U.S. and Tavanic in the EU, is often prescribed for pneumonia, urinary tract infections and infections of the abdomen.

  6. Helicobacter pylori eradication protocols - Wikipedia

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    Giving acetylcysteine before antibiotic treatment was effective in overcoming H. pylori antibiotic resistance in a study with 40 patients who had at least four eradication failures in their history. The researchers believe it works by inhibiting the formation of biofilm. [16]

  7. Ofloxacin - Wikipedia

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    Ofloxacin is a quinolone antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. [1] When taken by mouth or injection into a vein, these include pneumonia, cellulitis, urinary tract infections, prostatitis, plague, and certain types of infectious diarrhea.

  8. Quinolone antibiotic - Wikipedia

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    In a study comparing the safety and efficacy of levofloxacin to that of azithromycin or ceftriaxone in 712 children with community-acquired pneumonia, serious adverse events were experienced by 6% of those treated with levofloxacin and 4% of those treated with comparator antibiotics. Most of these were considered by the treating physician to be ...

  9. Moxifloxacin - Wikipedia

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    Common side effects include diarrhea, dizziness, and headache. [4] Severe side effects may include spontaneous tendon ruptures, nerve damage, and worsening of myasthenia gravis. [4] Safety of use in pregnancy and breastfeeding is unclear. [6] Moxifloxacin is in the fluoroquinolone family of medications. [4]

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