Definition of "levofloxacin" [levofloxacin]

• A broad-spectrum antibiotic having a fluoroquinolone structure. (noun)

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• "Clinical trails typically find that one to two percent of people taking these drugs -- among the most familiar of which are ciprofloxacin (Cipro) and levofloxacin (Levaquin) – experience serious side effects, most often psychiatric and central-nervous-system problems."
• "They have taken an antibiotic of this kind and in the name of the substance there is often the words – flox or ox, i.e. ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin."
• "Dr. Pichichero said the first four patients had ear tubes inserted to treat the infection and the other five were successfully treated with levofloxacin, a powerful antibiotic only approved for use in adults."