an oral antibiotic used to treat common bacterial infections, and used -- in combination with other drugs -- to treat Mycobacterium avium complex disease in people with AIDS. Side effects may include gastrointestinal distress, seizures and rash.

an antibiotic for controlling infectious intestinal diseases in humans

Indications: Treatment of MAC infection in combination with other agents; treatment of TB in combination with other agents. Contraindications: Known hypersensitivity. Dosage: 500-750 mg po bid. Toxicity: Gastrointestinal intolerance, central nervous system dysfunction, rash. Pregnancy category C.

An anti-infective drug that is also being studied in bladder cancer chemotherapy.

Ciprofloxacin is the generic international name for the synthetic antibiotic manufactured and sold by Bayer Pharmaceutical under the brand names Cipro®, Ciproxin® and Ciprobay® (and other brand names in other markets, e.g. veterinary drugs), belonging to a group called fluoroquinolones. Ciprofloxacin is bactericidal. Its mode of action depends upon blocking bacterial DNA replication by binding itself to an enzyme called DNA gyrase, thereby causing double-stranded breaks in the bacterial choromosome.