Pefloxacin (mesylate hydrate)

Pefloxacin (mesylate hydrate)

CAT N°: 29103
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55.00 46.75

Pefloxacin is a broad-spectrum and synthetic fluoroquinolone antibiotic and a methylated derivative of norfloxacin (Item No. 25975).{47756,47757} It is active against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, including clinical isolates of E. coli, K. pneumoniae, S. aureus, and G. vaginalis (MIC90s = 0.12, 0.5, 0.5, and 32 mg/L, respectively).{47756,47757} Pefloxacin selectively inhibits E. coli topoisomerase I and DNA gyrase over calf thymus topoisomerase I (IC50s = 45, 4.5, and >140 ?g/ml, respectively) in cell-free assays.{47758} In vivo, pefloxacin is active against systemic E. coli, K. pneumoniae, and P. aeruginosa infections in mice with 50% of efficacy maximum (P50) values of 6.5, 29.2, and 219 mg/kg, respectively.{47759}

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