ATC Group: J01MA17 Prulifloxacin

The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.

Position of J01MA17 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 J Antiinfectives for systemic use
2 J01 Antibacterials for systemic use
3 J01M Quinolone antibacterials
4 J01MA Fluoroquinolones
5 J01MA17 Prulifloxacin

Defined daily dose

The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults. The DDD is a unit of measurement and does not necessarily reflect the recommended or Prescribed Daily Dose. Therapeutic doses for individual patients and patient groups will often differ from the DDD as they will be based on individual characteristics (such as age, weight, ethnic differences, type and severity of disease) and pharmacokinetic considerations.

Route Amount
ORAL - Oral 0.6 g

Active ingredients in J01MA17

Active Ingredient Description
Prulifloxacin

Prulifloxacin is a wide spectrum antibacterial agents belonging to the fluoroquinolone group and provided with high efficacy. Prulifloxacin exerts its antibacterial activity by the selective inhibition of the DNA-gyrase, an essential enzyme present in bacteria and involved in duplication, transcription and repair of DNA.

Medicines in this ATC group

Austria (AT)

Hong Kong (HK)

Japan (JP)

Poland (PL)

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