"Ofloxacin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A synthetic fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent that inhibits the supercoiling activity of bacterial DNA GYRASE, halting DNA REPLICATION.
| Descriptor ID |
D015242
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.810.835.322.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ofloxacin" by people in Profiles.
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Hospital visits and costs following outpatient treatment of CAP with levofloxacin or moxifloxacin. Curr Med Res Opin. 2010 Feb; 26(2):355-63.
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A comparison of levofloxacin and moxifloxacin use in hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients in the US: focus on length of stay. Curr Med Res Opin. 2008 Mar; 24(3):895-906.
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Treatment failure rates and health care utilization and costs among patients with community-acquired pneumonia treated with levofloxacin or macrolides in an outpatient setting: a retrospective claims database analysis. Clin Ther. 2008 Feb; 30(2):358-71.