"Navigating Through The Quinolone Maze"
Speaker

Charles L. James, Pharm.D., FCSHP, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Specialist, UCSD Medical Center

Location Scripps Mercy Hospital, Conf Room 5B&C, 4077 5th Ave, San DIego, CA
Date April 20th, 2000, time 6PM
Goals

  • The goal of this program is to acquaint the attendee with the recently released quinolones.   To review their spectrum of activity, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles, and explore their potential clinical utility.
Objectives After completing this program the attendee should be able to:  

  1. Describe the various quinolones by  “generations”.

  2. Describe the differences in antibacterial spectrum for the various generations.

  3. Characterize the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic relations between the various new quinolones.

  4. Describe the potential clinical utility for quinolones.

  5. Understand formulary implications for the quinolones.

Registration John Johnson, PharmD - SDCPhA CE Coordinator