Photoallergenicity of a fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent with a fluorine substituent at the 8-position in guinea pigs exposed to long-wavelength UV light

Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 232-240

  Marutani, Kiyoshi ^a   Otabe, Yohko ^a   Nagamuta, Masahiro ^a   Matsubara, Shuzo ^a   Otani, Hajime ^b  

^a CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluoroquinolone; Guinea pig; Photosensitivity; Ultraviolet ray

Indexed keywords

BALOFLOXACIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; FLUORINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PHOTOALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GUINEA PIGS; HAPTENS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SKIN; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032449161     PISSN: 14222868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029832     Document Type: Article

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