ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF TE-031 (A-56268), A NEW MACROLIDE ANTIBIOTIC

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  • 新マクロライド系抗生物質TE-031の抗菌作用について

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The in vitro and in vivo antibacterial activity of TE- 031 (A- 56268) was comparedwith those of erythromycin (EM), josamycin (JM) and other antibiotics. The following results were obtained.<BR>1. TE-031 had the same antibacterial spectrum as EM, being active against aerobicGram-positive and -negative bacteria (B. catarrhalis, N. gonorrhoeae, H. influenzae), anaerobic bacteria, L-form bacteria and M. pneumoniae.<BR>2. TE-031 was equally or slightly more active than EM and more active than JM against 388 strains of clinical isolates.<BR>3. TE-031 showed bactericidal activity against H. influenzae, as did EM.<BR>4. TE- 031 was more effective than EM and JM against systemic, subcutaneous and respiratory tract infections in mice.

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  • CHEMOTHERAPY

    CHEMOTHERAPY 36 (Supplement3), 129-155, 1988

    Japanese Society of Chemotherapy

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