Home >> Health >> Pharmacy >> Drugs and Medications >> N >> Nalidixic Acid Nalidixic acid is the basis for quinolone antibiotics. It acts bacteriostatically (that is, it inhibits growth & reproductiin) or even bactericidally (it kills the children) on each Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, depending on the concentration. These are especially utilized inside dealing with urinary tract contagions, driven e.g. by Escherichia coli, Proteus, Enterobacter and Klebsiella. Neggram Full prescribing information from RxList.
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