I-Flumequine lilungu le-quinolone antibacterial, esetyenziswa njenge-anti-infective ebaluleke kakhulu kwi-kliniki yezilwanyana kunye nemveliso yasemanzini kwi-spectrum yayo ebanzi, ukusebenza kakuhle, ubutyhefu obuphantsi kunye nokungena kwezicubu ezinamandla.Ikwasetyenziselwa unyango lwezifo, ukuthintela kunye nokukhuthaza ukukhula.Ngenxa yokuba kunokukhokelela ekunganyangekiyo kweziyobisi kunye ne-carcinogenicity enokwenzeka, umda ophezulu apho ngaphakathi kwezicubu zezilwanyana umiselwe kwi-EU, eJapan (umda ophezulu yi-100ppb kwi-EU).
Okwangoku, i-spectrofluorometer, i-ELISA kunye ne-HPLC zezona ndlela ziphambili zokubona i-flumequine intsalela, kwaye i-ELISA ibe yindlela yesiqhelo yovakalelo oluphezulu kunye nokusebenza okulula.