Burkfloxacin (BFX) is a fluoroquinolone analog that potently inhibits growth of intracellular Burkholderia.Burkfloxacin is active against other gram-negative organisms in vitro, showing similar potency to the widely used fluoroquinolone, ciprofloxacin (Cip), against Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853.Burkfloxacin near-completely inhibits plaque formation by Bt and Bp at concentration of 0.5 uM.Burkfloxacin functions as a canonical fluoroquinolone by inhibiting the negative DNA supercoiling activity of E. coli DNA gyrase.Treatment with Burkfloxacin was significantly more effective than ceftazidime, the current antibiotic of choice, for improving survival and decreasing bacterial counts in major organs in a murine model of fulminant respiratory melioidosis.

Providing storage is as stated on the product vial and the vial is kept tightly sealed, the product can be stored for up to 24 months.
Wherever possible, you should prepare and use solutions on the same day. However, if you need to make up stock solutions in advance, we recommend that you store the solution as aliquots in tightly sealed vials at -20°C. Generally, these will be useable for up to one month. Before use, and prior to opening the vial we recommend that you allow your product to equilibrate to room temperature for at least 1 hour.