Compound ID | 1996
Class: Macrolide (14-membered macrolide, ketolide)
| Spectrum of activity: | Gram-positive |
| Details of activity: | Binds to the peptidyl transferase component of the 50S subunit of ribosomes, thus inhibiting peptide bond formation and bacterial protein synthesis. It is active against Gram-positive bacteria. |
| Description: | Semisynthetic macrolide |
| Year first mentioned: | 1994 |
| Development status: | Approved, withdrawn in most countries |
| Reason dropped: | Reversible visual disturbance, syncope, exacerbation of myasthenia gravis and hepatic failure |
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| PubChem link: | https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/3002190 |
| Guide to Pharmacology: | telithromycin |
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