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Nalidixicacid(tradenamesNevigramon,Neggram,WintomylonandWIN18,320)isthefirstofthesyntheticquinoloneantibiotics.Inatechnicalsense, ...

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First of the synthetic quinolone antibiotics

Nalidixic acid (tradenames Nevigramon, NegGram, Wintomylon and WIN 18,320) is the first of the synthetic quinolone antibiotics.

In a technical sense, it is a naphthyridone, not a quinolone: its ring structure is a 1,8-naphthyridine nucleus that contains two nitrogen atoms, unlike quinoline, which has a single nitrogen atom.[1]

Synthetic quinolone antibiotics were discovered by George Lesher and coworkers as a byproduct of chloroquine manufacture in the 1960s;[2] nalidixic acid itself was used clinically, starting in 1967.

Nalidixic acid is effective primarily against Gram-negative bacteria, with minor anti-Gram-positive activity. In lower concentrations, it acts in a bacteriostatic manner; that is, it inhibi...