Improved safety profile of newer fluoroquinolones

Since their introduction to clinical use over half a century ago, antibiotics have become among the most commonly used drugs in a physician’s therapeutic armamentarium. There are, however, adverse effects that may be associated with these compounds and that range from mild, transient phenomena which may only be detectable by laboratory tests to severe life-threatening events such as anaphylaxis, seizures and on occasion ventricular arrhythmias. …