Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic used to treat bladder infections. It works by slowing growth rather than killing bacteria. Increasing bacterial antibiotic resistance to other commonly used agents, such as fluoroquinolones and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, has led to increased interest in using nitrofurantoin. Nitrofurantoin is concentrated in the urine, leading to higher and more effective levels in the urinary tract than in other tissues or compartments. The drug works by damaging bacterial DNA, since its reduced form is highly reactive. This is made possible by the rapid reduction of nitrofurantoin inside the bacterial cell by flavoproteins (nitrofuran reductase) to multiple reactive intermediates that attack ribosomal proteins, DNA, res
Size
100 assays
Concentration
n/a
Applications
This ELISA kit is used for quantitative measurement of Nitrofurantoin in milk powder, milk, tissue, egg, liver, honey, fish, shrimp