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Representative drugs:

ciprofloxacin
gatifloxacin
gemifloxacin
levofloxacin
lomefloxacin
moxifloxacin
norfloxacin
ofloxacin
sparfloxacin

Therapeutic actions

Fluoroquinolones are antibacterial. They are bactericidal, which means that they interfere with DNA replication in susceptible gram-negative bacteria, preventing cell reproduction and leading to death of bacteria.

Indications

•Treatment of infections caused by susceptible gram-negative bacteria which includes E.coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae,Enterobacter cloacae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, S. epidermidis, Proteus mirabilis, Morganella morganii, Citrobacter freundii, S.aureus, Proteus vulgaris and group D streptococci.

•Unlabeled use: Treatment of patients with cystic fibrosis who have pulmonary exacerbations.

Contraindications and cautions

•Contraindicated with allergy to any fluoroquinolone, pregnancy and lactation.

•Use cautiously with renal dysfunction and seizures.

Adverse effects

•Central Nervous System: Headache, dizziness, insomnia, fatigue, depression, blurred vision, somnolence

•Gastro-Intestine: nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, diarrhea, abdominal pain.

After being stagnant in the blogging world for months, here I am again writing about the movie Quarantine.

Yesterday, December 04, 2008, my boyfriend and I watched the movie at Gaisano Cinemas.

The movie centers on TV reporter Angela Vidal who tags along with her camera man, Scott Percival every night to document activities of different groups of people. This time, they were tasked to shoot at a fire department in Los Angeles. They thought they were just making a report about fire fighters but the next thing they knew, they are already trapped inside an apartment which was quarantined due to a report of a virus outbreak which turns animals (including humans) into blood thirsty killers.

The movie uses the same view point as "Blair Witch Project" which is that the movie is seen through a camera lens, which in Quarantine’s case, the TV news camera brought along by Scott. That’s why I had a difficult time analyzing the situation because of the "shaky" visualizations brought about by the camera while the actors are running.