Fluorinated quinolone antibacterial. Prepn: I. Hayakawa, Y. Kimura, EP 341493; eidem, US 5587386 (1989, 1996 both to Daiichi); Y. Kimura et al., J. Med. Chem. 37, 3344 (1994). Antibacterial spectrum: L. M. Deshpande, R. N. Jones, Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 37, 139 (2000). HPLC determn in serum and urine: H. Aoki et al., J. Chromatogr. B 660, 365 (1994). Clinical pharmacokinetics: M. Nakashima et al., Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 39, 170 (1995). Clinical evaluation: N. Shetty, A. P. R. Wilson, J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 46, 633 (2000).
Antibacterial.
Antibacterial (Synthetic); Quinolones and Analogs