Compound ID | 561
Class: Fluoroquinolone
| Agent Type: | Synthetic; Small molecule; |
| Spectrum of activity: | Gram-positive |
| Mechanism of action: | Unknown |
| Target Pathogen: | Against Gram-positives resistant to quinolones (including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis) |
| Description: | Yokoyama Y, Morimoto M, Iwao E, et al. Y-688, a new fluoroquinolone with high activity against quinolone resistant Gram positive bacteria. 35th-Intersci-Conf-Antimicrobial-Agents-Chemother 1995; 146 |
| Institute where first reported: | Yoshitomi Pharmaceuticals (Mitsubishi Pharma Corp., Japan) |
| Year first mentioned: | 1995 |
| Development status: | Experimental |
| External links: | |
| PubChem link: | https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/9887640 |
| Citation: | https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.42.8.1889 |