NITROFURANTOIN (nitrofurantion) by PharmaIN is mechanism of action the mechanism of the antimicrobial action of nitrofurantoin is unusual among antibacterials. Approved for urinary tract infections, enterococci, staphylococcus aureus and 4 more indications. First approved in 2016.
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Mechanism of Action The mechanism of the antimicrobial action of nitrofurantoin is unusual among antibacterials. Nitrofurantoin is reduced by bacterial flavoproteins to reactive intermediates which inactivate or alter bacterial ribosomal proteins and other acromolecules. As a result of such…
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