Norfloxacin

Norfloxacin

Systematic (IUPAC) name
1-ethyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-7-piperazin-1-yl-1H-quinoline- 3-carboxylic acid
Clinical data
Trade names	Noroxin
AHFS/Drugs.com	monograph
MedlinePlus	a687006
Pregnancy cat.	C(US)
Legal status	℞-only (US)
Routes	Oral
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability	30 to 40%
Protein binding	10 to 15%
Metabolism	Hepatic
Half-life	3 to 4 hours
Excretion	Renal and fecal
Identifiers
CAS number	70458-96-7 Y
ATC code	J01MA06 S01AX12
PubChem	CID 4539
DrugBank	APRD00469
ChemSpider	4380 Y
UNII	N0F8P22L1P Y
KEGG	D00210 Y
ChEBI	CHEBI:100246 N
ChEMBL	CHEMBL9 Y
Chemical data
Formula	C16H18FN3O3
Mol. mass	319.331 g/mol
SMILES	eMolecules & PubChem
InChI InChI=1S/C16H18FN3O3/c1-2-19-9-11(16(22)23)15(21)10-7-12(17)14(8-13(10)19)20-5-3-18-4-6-20/h7-9,18H,2-6H2,1H3,(H,22,23) Y Key:OGJPXUAPXNRGGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
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Norfloxacin is a synthetic chemotherapeutic antibacterial agent^[1][2] occasionally used to treat common as well as complicated urinary tract infections.^[3] It is sold under various brand names with the most common being Noroxin. In form of ophthalmic solutions it is known as Chibroxin. Norfloxacin is a first generation synthetic fluoroquinolone (quinolone) developed by Kyorin Seiyaku K.K. (Kyorin).^[4]

The licensed uses for norfloxacin are quite limited as norfloxacin is to be considered a drug of last resort when all other antibiotics have failed. There are currently only three approved uses in the adult population^[5] (one of which is restricted^[6]) and the other ineffective due to bacterial resistance. Chibroxin^[7] (ophthalmic) is approved for use in children older than one year of age.

Norfloxacin interacts with a number of other drugs, as well as a number of herbal and natural supplements. Such interactions increase the risk of anticoagulation and the formation of non-absorbable complexes, as well as increasing the risk of toxicity.^[8]

Norfloxacin is associated with a number of serious and life threatening adverse reactions as well as spontaneous tendon ruptures and irreversible peripheral neuropathy. Such reactions may manifest long after therapy had been completed and in severe cases may result in lifelong disabilities. Hepatoxicity resulting in fatalities has also been reported with the use of norfloxacin.

History

Since its establishment in 1946, the Japanese Society of Chemotherapy (JSC) has been and currently is involved in the development of synthetic antibacterial agents from nalidixic acid and pipemidic acid, leading to new quinolones.^[9] Subsequent work led to the birth of a new era with the introduction of norfloxacin as the first new quinolone in Japan in 1984 and then in many other countries throughout the world. Since the discovery of norfloxacin (1980), around 10,000 new analogues have been described.^[10]

Norfloxacin was first patented in 1979.^[11] Kyorin granted Merck & Company, Inc., an exclusive license (in certain countries, including the United States), to import and distribute Norfloxacin under the brand name Noroxin. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Noroxin for distribution in the United States on October 31, 1986. Since the approval of Noroxin in 1986, there have been numerous upgrades to the warning sections of the package inserts, as well as recent restrictions placed upon the use of Noroxin to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs).^[6]

Licensed uses

In the adult population Oral and I.V. Norfloxacin is limited to the treatment of proven bacterial infections. The initial approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1986 encompassed the following indications:

• Uncomplicated urinary tract infections (including cystitis)

• Complicated urinary tract infections (restricted use) ^[6]

• Uncomplicated urethral and cervical gonorrhea (however this indication is no longer considered to be effective by some experts due to bacterial resistance) ^[12][13]

• Prostatitis due to Escherichia coli.

• Syphilis treatment: Norfloxacin has not been shown to be effective in the treatment of syphilis. Antimicrobial agents used in high doses for short periods of time to treat gonorrhea may mask or delay the symptoms of incubating syphilis.^[14]

Though the fluoroquinolones are sometimes used to treat typhoid and paratyphoid fever, it should be noted here that norfloxacin had more clinical failures than the other fluoroquinolones (417 participants, 5 trials).^[15]

In ophthalmology, Norfloxacin licensed use is limited to the treatment of conjunctival infections caused by susceptible bacteria.^[7]

Norfloxacin has been restricted in the Republic of Ireland due to the risks of C. difficile super infections and permanent nerve as well as tendon injuries. It licensed use in acute and chronic complicated kidney infections has been withdrawn as a result.^[16]

The European Medicines Agency, also in 2008, had recommended restricting the use of oral norfloxacin to treat urinary infections. CHMP had concluded that the marketing authorizations for norfloxacin, when used in the treatment of acute or chronic complicated pyelonephritis, should be withdrawn because the benefits do not outweigh their risks in this indication. CHMP stated that doctors should not prescribe oral norfloxacin for complicated pyelonephritis and should consider switching patients already taking oral norfloxacin for this type of infection to an alternative antibiotic.^[6]

Note: Norfloxacin may be licensed for other uses, or restricted, by the various regulatory agencies worldwide.

Availability

Norfloxacin is available as:

• tablets 400-mg
• eye drops

In most countries, all formulations require a prescription.

See the latest package insert for norfloxacin (Noroxin) for additional details. ^[5]

Mode of action

Norfloxacin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that is active against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. It functions by inhibiting DNA gyrase, a type II topoisomerase, and topoisomerase IV,^[17] enzymes necessary to separate bacterial DNA, thereby inhibiting cell division.

This mechanism can also affect mammalian cell replication. In particular, some congeners of this drug family (for example those that contain the C-8 fluorine),^[18] display high activity not only against bacterial topoisomerases, but also against eukaryotic topoisomerases and are toxic to cultured mammalian cells and in vivo tumor models.^[19] Although quinolones are highly toxic to mammalian cells in culture, its mechanism of cytotoxic action is not known. Quinolone induced DNA damage was first reported in 1986 (Hussy et al.).^[20]

Recent studies have demonstrated a correlation between mammalian cell cytotoxicity of the quinolones and the induction of micronuclei.^{[21][22][23][24]} As such some fluoroquinolones, including Norfloxacin, may cause injury to the chromosome of eukaryotic cells.^{[25][26][27][28][29][30]}

There continues to be considerable debate as to whether or not this DNA damage is to be considered one of the mechanisms of action concerning the severe adverse reactions experienced by some patients following fluoroquinolone therapy.^[19][31][32]

Contraindications

As noted above, under licensed use, norfloxacin is also now considered to be contraindicated for the treatment of certain sexually transmitted diseases by some experts due to bacterial resistance.^[13]

Norfloxacin is contraindicated in those with a history of tendonitis, tendon rupture and those with a hypersensitivity to fluoroquinolones.^[33]

There are three contraindications found within the 2008 package^[5] insert:

• ”Noroxin (norfloxacin) is contraindicated in persons with a history of hypersensitivity, tendinitis, or tendon rupture associated with the use of norfloxacin or any member of the quinolone group of antimicrobial agents.”

• ”Quinolones, including norfloxacin, have been shown in vitro to inhibit CYP1A2. Concomitant use with drugs metabolized by CYP1A2 (e.g., caffeine, clozapine, ropinirole, tacrine, theophylline, tizanidine) may result in increased substrate drug concentrations when given in usual doses. Patients taking any of these drugs concomitantly with norfloxacin should be carefully monitored.”

• “Concomitant administration with tizanidine is contraindicated”

Norfloxacin is also considered to be contraindicated within the pediatric population.

• Pregnancy

Norfloxacin has been reported to rapidly cross the blood-placenta and blood-milk barrier, and is extensively distributed into the fetal tissues.^[34] For this reason norfloxacin and other fluoroquinolones are contraindicated during pregnancy due to the risk of spontaneous abortions and birth defects. The fluoroquinolones have also been reported as being present in the mother’s milk and are passed on to the nursing child, which may increases the risk of the child suffering an adverse reaction even though the child had never been prescribed or taken any of the drugs found within this class.^[35][36] As safer alternatives are generally available norfloxacin is contraindicated during pregnancy, especially during the first trimester. The manufacturer only recommends use of norfloxacin during pregnancy when benefit outweighs risk.^[37]

• Pediatric population

A 1998 retrospective survey found that that numerous side effects have been recorded in reference to the unapproved use of norfloxacin in the pediatric population.^[38] Fluoroquinolones are not licensed by the FDA for use in children due to the risk of fatalities^[39] as well as permanent injury to the musculoskeletal system, with two exceptions. Ciprofloxacin is being licensed for the treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections and Pyelonephritis due to Escherichia coli and Inhalational Anthrax (post-exposure) and levofloxacin was recently licensed for the treatment of Inhalational Anthrax (post-exposure). However, the Fluoroquinolones are licensed to treat lower respiratory infections in children with cystic fibrosis in the UK.

Adverse effects

See also: Adverse effects of fluoroquinolones

Serious adverse events occur more commonly with fluoroquinolones than with any other antibiotic drug classes.^[40][41]

Joint and tendon problems, as seen with all drugs within this class, have been associated with norfloxacin since 1983.^[42] In 1989 Jeandel et al. comments on arthritis being induced by norfloxacin.^[43] And in 1995 Terry el reports upon arthalgia being induced by norfloxacin.^[44] Within the cases of tendinopathy reported to the FDA from 1987–1997, more reports of ruptures and tendonitis were associated with norfloxacin, than any other fluoroquinolone in use at that time.^[45]

Hypersensitivity reactions such as erythema multiforme, TEN (toxic epidermal necrolysis),^[46] Sweet syndrome (acute neutrophilic dermatosis),^[47] fixed drug eruptions(FDE),^[48] systemic contact dermatitis,^[49] acantholytic bullous eruptions^[50] as well as pustular eruptions have been associated with norfloxacin since it’s introduction.

On September 23, 2008, the FDA required the manufacturer to add an additional warning to the package inserts that stated that “Serious and occasionally fatal hypersensitivity (anaphylactic) reactions, some following the first dose, have been reported in patients receiving quinolone therapy, including Noroxin.”^[51]

As with other drugs in this class norfloxacin is also associated with severe and even fatal liver diseases.^[51] Acute liver failure or serious liver injury (Hepatitis), was reported in 1993.^[52] Hepatitis, jaundice, including cholestatic jaundice and elevated liver function tests have been reported during norfloxacin therapy. Severe reversible thrombopenia has occurred with norfloxacin.^[53] Norfloxacin-induced hepatitis,^{[52][54][55][56][57][58]}

Acute pancreatitis has also been linked to norfloxacin.^[59] Which is but one of the many serious adverse effects that may occur as a result of norfloxacin therapy. Another such serious reaction is irreversible peripheral neuropathy. In a 1996 study it was noted that paraesthesia of the feet, legs, hands and arms occurred in 81% of the patients while 51% involved reports of hypoaesthesia and numbness. Of the thirty- seven reports found within this study, thirty one involved Norfloxacin. Twenty nine percent of these patients were reported to still be experiencing peripheral sensory disturbances after therapy had been discontinued.^[60]

Allergic nephropathy is also associated with norfloxacin as well other serious kidney problems.^[61][62] Renal failure was first report in 1986,^[63] and reports of neutropenia,^[64] thrombopenia,^[65][66] agranulocytosis,^[67] nephrotic syndrome,^[68][69] eosinophilia^[70] and acute interstitial nephritis^[71][72] all being associated with norfloxacin therapy. Additional serious adverse reactions include temporary as well as permanent loss of vision,^[73] QTc prolongation/torsades de pointes, severe central nervous system disorders (CNS) including seizures,^[74] drug induced psychosis^[75] and hallucinations,^[76] clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD: Pseudomembranous colitis),^[77][78][79] as well as photosensitivity/phototoxicity reactions. Pseudotumor cerebri, commonly known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), (also referred to as increased intracranial pressure), has been reported to occur as a serious adverse reaction to norfloxacin.

Children and the elderly are at a much greater risk of experiencing such adverse reactions.^[40][41] This drug is known to be substantially excreted by the kidney, and the risk of toxic reactions to this drug may be greater in patients with impaired renal function. Because elderly patients are more likely to have decreased renal function, care should be taken in dose selection, and it may be useful to monitor renal function.^[80] Such reactions may manifest during, as well as long after fluoroquinolone therapy had been discontinued.^[81] Norfloxacin may also exacerbate the signs of myasthenia gravis and lead to life threatening weakness of the respiratory muscles.

Serious visual complications have also been reported to occur with ophthalmic fluoroquinolone therapy, which may also occur with norfloxacin eye drops, especially corneal perforation, but also evisceration and enucleation.^[82][83][84] This increased incidents of corneal perforation may be due to fluoroquinolones causing alterations in stromal collagen, leading to a reduction in tectonic strength.^[85][86] There have also been a number of reports over the years of norfloxacin deposits on the corneal causing serious vision problems following the use of eye drops.^[83][84][87]

Some groups refer to these adverse events as "fluoroquinolone toxicity". These groups of people claim to have suffered serious long term harm to their health from using fluoroquinolones. This has led to a class action lawsuit by people harmed by the use of fluoroquinolones as well as legal action by the consumer advocate group Public Citizen.^[88] Partly as a result of the efforts of The State of Illinois and Public Citizen the FDA ordered a black box warnings on all fluoroquinolones advising consumers of the possible toxic effects of fluoroquinolones on tendons.^[89]

History of the black box warnings

Musculoskeletal disorders attributed to use of quinolone antibiotics were first reported in the medical literature in 1972, as an adverse reaction to nalidixic acid.^[90] Rheumatic disease after use of a fluoroquinolone (norfloxacin) was first reported eleven years later.^[91] In a 1995 letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine, representatives of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that the agency would "update the labeling [package insert] for all marketed fluoroquinolones to include a warning about the possibility of tendon rupture."^[92]

By August 1996, the FDA had not taken action, and the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen filed a petition with the FDA prompting the agency to act.^[93] Two months later, the FDA published an alert in the FDA Medical Bulletin and requested that fluoroquinolone package inserts be amended to include information on this risk.^[94]

In 2005, the Illinois Attorney General filed a petition with the FDA seeking black box warnings and "Dear Doctor" letters emphasizing the risk of tendon rupture; the FDA responded that it had not yet been able to reach a decision on the matter.^[95] In 2006, Public Citizen, supported by the Illinois Attorney General, renewed its demand of ten years prior for a black box warning.^[95][96] In January 2008, Public Citizen filed suit to compel the FDA to respond to their 2006 petition.^[97][98] On July 7, the FDA ordered the makers of systemic-use fluoroquinolones to add a boxed warning regarding tendon rupture, and to develop a Medication Guide for patients.^[99][100] The package inserts for Cipro (ciprofloxacin), Avelox (moxifloxacin), Proquin XR, Factive (gemifloxacin), Floxin (ofloxacin), Noroxin (norfloxacin) and Levaquin (levofloxacin) were amended on September 8, 2008 to include these new warnings.^[101] Bayer, which manufactures Cipro, Avelox and Proquin XR, issued a Dear Healthcare Professional letter on October 22 concerning these changes.^[102] Ortho-McNeil, the manufacturers of Levaquin, issued a similar letter in November.^[103] through the Health Care Notification Network, a registration-only website that distributes drug alerts to licensed healthcare professionals. To date no such letters have been issued by the manufacturers of Noroxin or other products containing norfloxacin.

Regulatory actions

There has been a significant number of regulatory actions taken as a result of such adverse reactions, which included published warnings,^[104][105] additional warnings and safety information added to the package inserts^[106] together with the request for the issuance of "Dear Doctor Letters" concerning the recent addition of Black Box Warnings in 2008. Although requested to do so by the FDA back in 2008, the manufacturers of Noroxin have not issued any "Dear Doctor Letters" regarding the tendon issues as of September 2009. Fifteen years ago, in 1994, the manufacturers had added minimal warnings concerning the association with norfloxacin and musculoskeletal tendinitis as well as spontaneous tendon ruptures. This change was approved by the FDA on July 1, 1994 and included minimal warnings regarding ruptures, as well as pseudomembranous colitis.^[107] The tendon warnings were once again revised in 1996 as the previous warnings concerning tendon issues were considered by the FDA to be inadequate.^[108]

In 2004 the FDA requested new warning labels to be added to all of the Fluoroquinolones, including norfloxacin, regarding Peripheral Neuropathy (irreversible nerve damage), Tendon Damage, Heart Problems (prolonged QT Interval / Torsades de pointes), Pseudomembranous colitis, Rhabdomyolysis (muscle wasting), Steven Johnson Syndrome, as well as concurrent usage of NSAIDs contributing to the severity of these reactions.^[14] The package insert was not changed to include any warnings regarding Steven Johnson Syndrome until September, 2008, four years later. In 1994 the product information for norfloxacin was amended in Japan (October 1994), to state that rhabdomyolysis may occur.^[109] A number of case reports concerning this had also been published as early as 1992.^[110] This has also been reported again within the literature in 1996.^[111] However the warnings concerning Rhabdomyolysis (muscle wasting) remain absent from the package inserts (as of September 2009) within the United States.

On September 23, 2008, the FDA required the manufacturer to add an additional warning to the package inserts that stated that “Serious and occasionally fatal hypersensitivity (anaphylactic) reactions, some following the first dose, have been reported in patients receiving quinolone therapy, including Noroxin.”^[51]

Interactions

The toxicity of drugs that are metabolised by the cytochrome P450 system is enhanced by concomitant use of some quinolones. Quinolones, including norfloxacin, may enhance the effects of oral anticoagulants, including warfarin or its derivatives or similar agents. When these products are administered concomitantly, prothrombin time or other suitable coagulation tests should be closely monitored. Coadministration may dangerously increase coumadin warfarin activity; INR should be monitored closely. ^[14]

They may also interact with the GABA A receptor and cause neurological symptoms; this effect is augmented by certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.^[112] The concomitant administration of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with a quinolone, including norfloxacin, may increase the risk of CNS stimulation and convulsive seizures. Therefore, norfloxacin should be used with caution in individuals receiving NSAIDS concomitantly.^[113]

Elevated serum levels of cyclosporine have been reported with concomitant use of cyclosporine with norfloxacin. Therefore, cyclosporine serum levels should be monitored and appropriate cyclosporine dosage adjustments made when these drugs are used concomitantly.

The concomitant administration of quinolones including norfloxacin with glyburide (a sulfonylurea agent) has, on rare occasions, resulted in severe hypoglycemia. Therefore, monitoring of blood glucose is recommended when these agents are co-administered.

Significant drug interactions

Some quinolones exert an inhibitory effect on the cytochrome P-450 system, thereby reducing theophylline clearance and increasing theophylline blood levels. Coadministration of certain fluoroquinolones and other drugs primarily metabolized by CYP1A2 (e.g. theophylline, methylxanthines, tizanidine) results in increased plasma concentrations and could lead to clinically significant side effects of the coadministered drug. Additionally other fluoroquinolones, especially enoxacin, and to a lesser extent ciprofloxacin and pefloxacin, also inhibit the metabolic clearance of theophylline.^[114]

Such drug interactions are associated with the molecular structural modifications of the quinolone ring, specifically interactions involving NSAIDS and theophylline. As such, these drug interactions involving the fluoroquinolones appear to be drug specific rather than a class effect. The fluoroquinolones have also been shown to interfere with the metabolism of caffeine^[115] and the absorption of levothyroxine. The interference with the metabolism of caffeine may lead to the reduced clearance of caffeine and a prolongation of its serum half-life, resulting in a caffeine overdose. This may lead to reduced clearance of caffeine and a prolongation of the plasma's half-life that may lead to accumulation of caffeine in plasma when products containing caffeine are consumed while taking norfloxacin. ^[14]

The use of NSAIDs (Non Steroid Anti Inflammatory Drugs) while undergoing fluoroquinolone therapy is contra-indicated due to the risk of severe CNS adverse reactions, including but not limited to seizure disorders. Fluoroquinolones with an unsubstituted piperazinyl moiety at position 7 have the potential to interact with NSAIDs and/or their metabolites, resulting in antagonism of GABA neurotransmission.^[116]

The use of norfloxacin concomitantly has also been associated with transient elevations in serum creatinine in patients receiving cyclosporine, on rare occasions, resulted in severe hypoglycemia with sulfonylurea. Renal tubular transport of methotrexate may be inhibited by concomitant administration of norfloxacin, potentially leading to increased plasma levels of methotrexate. This might increase the risk of methotrexate toxic reactions.

Current or past treatment with oral corticosteroids is associated with an increased risk of Achilles tendon rupture, especially in elderly patients who are also taking the fluoroquinolones.^[117]

Overdose

Treatment of overdose includes emptying of the stomach via induced vomiting or by gastric lavage. Careful monitoring and supportive treatment, monitoring of renal and liver function, and maintaining adequate hydration is recommended by the manufacturer. Administration of magnesium, aluminum, or calcium containing antacids can reduce the absorption of norfloxacin.^[5]

Chemistry

"Norfloxacin, a fluoroquinolone, is a 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(1-piperazinyl)-3quinolinecarboxylic acid. Its empirical formula is C16H18FN3O3. Norfloxacin is a white to pale yellow crystalline powder with a molecular weight of 319.34 and a melting point of about 221°C. It is freely soluble in glacial acetic acid, and very slightly soluble in ethanol, methanol and water. Norfloxacin differs from non-fluorinated quinolones by having a fluorine atom at the 6 position and a piperazine moiety at the 7 position." Quoting from the 2009 package insert for Noroxin.^[5]

Pharmacokinetics

“Absorption of norfloxacin is rapid following single doses of 200 mg, 400 mg and 800 mg. At the respective doses, mean peak serum and plasma concentrations of 0.8, 1.5 and 2.4 μg/mL are attained approximately one hour after dosing. The effective half-life of norfloxacin in serum and plasma is 3–4 hours. Steady-state concentrations of norfloxacin will be attained within two days of dosing. Renal excretion occurs by both glomerular filtration and tubular secretion as evidenced by the high rate of renal clearance (approximately 275 mL/min). Within 24 hours of drug administration, 26 to 32% of the administered dose is recovered in the urine as norfloxacin with an additional 5-8% being recovered in the urine as six active metabolites of lesser antimicrobial potency. Only a small percentage (less than 1%) of the dose is recovered thereafter. Fecal recovery accounts for another 30% of the administered dose. Two to three hours after a single 400-mg dose, urinary concentrations of 200 μg/mL or more are attained in the urine. In healthy volunteers, mean urinary concentrations of norfloxacin remain above 30 μg/mL for at least 12 hours following a 400-mg dose. The urinary pH may affect the solubility of norfloxacin. Norfloxacin is least soluble at urinary pH of 7.5 with greater solubility occurring at pHs above and below this value. The serum protein binding of norfloxacin is between 10 and 15%.” Quoting from the 2009 package insert for Noroxin.^[5]

Biotransformation is via the liver and kidneys, with a half-life of 3–4 hours.^[8]

Dosing

The status of the patient’s renal function and hepatic function should also be taken into consideration to avoid an accumulation that may lead to a fatal drug overdose. Norfloxacin is eliminated primarily by renal excretion. However, the drug is also metabolized and partially cleared through the liver and the intestine. Modification of the dosage is recommended using the table found within the package insert for those with impaired liver or kidney function. (Particularly for patients with severe renal dysfunction.) However, since the drug is known to be substantially excreted by the kidneys, the risk of toxic reactions to this drug may be greater in patients with impaired renal function. Additional caution is warranted in the elderly population as well. The duration of treatment depends upon the severity of infection and the usual duration is anywhere from 3 to 28 days.^[5]

Susceptible bacteria

Gram-positive aerobes:

• Enterococcus faecalis
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Staphylococcus epidermidis
• Staphylococcus saprophyticus
• Streptococcus agalactiae

Gram-negative aerobes:

• Citrobacter freundii
• Enterobacter aerogenes
• Enterobacter cloacae
• Escherichia coli
• Klebsiella pneumoniae
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Proteus mirabilis
• Proteus vulgaris
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Serratia marcescens

As with other drugs in this class, some strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa may develop resistance fairly rapidly during treatment with Norfloxacin.

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