Antibiotic Susceptibility Tests are conducted in microbiological laboratories to study the effect of an antibiotic on the growth of a microbe. The most common method to study antibiotic susceptibility includes the Kirby-Bauer Method. In this method, small discs saturated with antibiotic is placed on the plate containing the bacteria. A zone of inhibition of growth around the disc is observed to study the susceptibility of the microbe to the antibiotic. Levofloxacin-LE-5mcg is a product manufactured by Micromaster. It is an antibiotic administered against bacterial infections such as pneumonia, bacterial sinusitis, chronic prostatitis, gastroenteritis, etc. It is considered to be a broad spectrum antibiotic. The drug belongs to the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics. It has shown activity against gram-negative species like E.coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa etc, and gram-positive species such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus pyogenes, etc. The drug exerts its antibacterial effect by inhibiting two enzymes - DNA gyrase and Topoisomerase IV, both of which are essential to bacterial DNA replication. Inhibition of these enzymes leads to death of the bacterial cell.

Specifications:

Product name: Levofloxacin-LE-5mcg

Brand: Micromaster

Molecular formula: C18H20FN3O4

Molecular mass: 361.368 g/mol