Crossword clues for ciprofloxacin
Wiktionary
n. A synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic, derived from fluoroquinolone.
WordNet
n. an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints [syn: Cipro]
Wikipedia
Ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections. This includes bone and joint infections, intra abdominal infections, certain type of infectious diarrhea, respiratory tract infections, skin infections, typhoid fever, and urinary tract infections, among others. For some infections it is used in addition to other antibiotics. It can be taken by mouth or used intravenously.
Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and rash. Ciprofloxacin increases the risk of tendon rupture and worsening muscle weakness in people with the neurological disorder myasthenia gravis. Rates of side effects appear to be higher than some groups of antibiotics such as cephalosporins but lower than others such as clindamycin. Studies in other animals raise concerns regarding use in pregnancy. No problems were identified, however, in the children of a small number of women who took the medication. It appears to be safe during breastfeeding. It is a second-generation fluoroquinolone with a broad spectrum of activity that usually results in the death of the bacteria.
Ciprofloxacin was introduced in 1987. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system. It is available as a generic medication and not very expensive. The wholesale cost in the developing world is between 0.03 and 0.13 USD a dose. In the United States it is sold for about 0.40 USD per dose.
Usage examples of "ciprofloxacin".
Penicillin, ampicillin, neomycin, vancomycin, even ciprofloxacin, you name it.
In fact, as the number of people initially taking ciprofloxacin during the recent postal-related outbreak neared thirty thousand, the CDC switched its preferred recommendation to doxycycline.
The change was made in part because of concern that other bacteria would develop resistance to ciprofloxacin with so many people using it.
Although recommendations may be modified over the coming months, currently, when no information is available about whether the implicated strain of anthrax bacteria is especially susceptible to any particular antibiotic, ciprofloxacin or doxycycline is recommended for adults and children, although the course for children varies slightly.
If a large-scale attack resulted in mass casualties, the first choices would be doxycycline and ciprofloxacin, taken orally, for both adults and children.
If there were a mass casualty, ciprofloxacin would be the drug of first choice for pregnant women.