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Flucloxacillin

FLOXAPEN

Flucloxacillin ballicule: receptor binding, kinetics and half-life diagram
Mechanism of action: Flucloxacillin ballicule

What it isA penicillinase-resistant isoxazolyl penicillin that inhibits bacterial cell-wall synthesis and resists staphylococcal beta-lactamase.

Why this oneA first-line antistaphylococcal penicillin for MSSA infections in the UK, Europe, and Australia, analogous to U.S. dicloxacillin and nafcillin.

What limits itIt is not available in the U.S. and carries a notable risk of delayed cholestatic hepatitis strongly associated with the HLA-B*57:01 allele.

Flucloxacillin molecular structure (skeletal formula)
Molecular structure: Flucloxacillin

NO BOXED WARNINGS

Principal riskNot FDA-approved (not marketed in the U.S.), so no FDA boxed warning.

Classes and tags

Clinical profile

Therapeutic safety burden1 / 4
Overdose danger1 / 4
Weight-gain liability0 / 4
Sedation liability0 / 4
QT / Torsades0 / 4
Direct muscarinic antagonism0 / 4
Embryofetal risk1 / 4

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