Levofloxacin is an advanced generation
fluoroquinolone antibiotic, marketed by
Ortho-McNeil under the trade name Levaquin in the
United States. In Europe, it is marketed by
Sanofi-Aventis under the trade name Tavanic, in Chile as Gatigol by Alpes Selection, in India under the trade name Levoday marketed by
Zydus Cadila and in Asia it is marketed by
Daiichi under the trade name Cravit. Levofloxacin was launched in the Japanese market in 1993, and thus has had more than 13 years of testing in efficiency and safety globally. Chemically, levofloxacin is the S-
enantiomer (L-
isomer) of
ofloxacin, and has approximately twice the potency of ofloxacin, because the R+
enantiomer (D-
isomer) of
ofloxacin is essentially inactive. In addition, the S-
enantiomer (L-
isomer) of
ofloxacin, has substantially less toxicity. Like other fluoroquinolines, it works by inhibiting
DNA gyrase, an enzyme that negatively supercoils DNA.
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Lévofloxacine est la dénomination commune internationale d'un antibiotique de la famille des
fluoroquinolones, commercialisé en Europe par
Sanofi-Aventis avec le nom de marque Tavanic. La lévofloxacine est un énantiomère de la forme L isomère de l'
ofloxacine. Son action est d'empêcher la réplication bactérienne en bloquant les enzymes DNA gyrase nécessaire à l'ouverture de la double hélice d'ADN bactérienne.
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Levofloxacin ist eines der
Fluorchinolon-
Antibiotika fortgeschrittenerer Generation. Es wird in Europa von
Sanofi-Aventis unter dem Markennamen Tavanic® vertrieben, in den Vereinigten Staaten als Levaquin®, in Chile als Gatigol® der Firma Alpes Selection, und in Asien von der Firma Daiichi Sankyo Co. unter dem Markennamen Cravit®.
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