Pharmacists propose ways to increase the activity of levofloxacin and overcome bacterial resistance
3D chemical structure depiction of levofloxacin hemihydrate. Credit: Scientia Pharmaceutica (2023). DOI: 10.3390/scipharm92010001 The antibacterial drug levofloxacin is used to treat pneumonia, sinusitis, genitourinary infections, and other diseases. It is included in the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. In terms of its chemical structure, it is a third-generation fluoroquinolone—a completely synthetic substance of the