Compound ID | 833
Class: Oxazolidinone
| Agent Type: | Synthetic; Small molecule; Direct acting; |
| Spectrum of activity: | Gram-positive & Gram-negative |
| Mechanism of action: | Protein synthesis inhibitor |
| Target Pathogen: | Active against multidrug-resistant and -susceptible staphylococci, enterococci, and pneumococci, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, atypical intracellular respiratory tract pathogens Chlamydia pneumoniae, Legionella pneumophila, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
| Propensity to select resistant mutants: | Yes (10E-9) |
| Description: | A pyrrolopyrazolyl-substituted oxazolidinone; shows superior activity to linezolid in vitro, and in a murine model against Streptococcus pneumoniae; Santoro C, Bush K and Abbanat D. Characterisation of in vitro resistance to RWJ-416457 and linezolid in S. aureus, E. faecium and E. faecalis. 46th-ICAAC-2006;211. |
| Institute where first reported: | Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical |
| Year first mentioned: | 2002 |
| Development status: | Experimental |
| Reason dropped: | Demonstrates insufficient improvement over linezolid |
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| PubChem link: | https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/15984076 |
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