Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Flurithromycin

It is macrolide antibiotic. It is a derivative of Erythromycin and is also similar in action to erythromycin.

Rokitamycin

It is a macrolide antibiotic.

Action:
It causes inhibition of the protein synthesis.

Uses:It is effectively used in the infections caused by Gram positive bacteria, E. faecalis and H. influenzae.

Miocamycin

It is a macrolide antibiotic.

Uses:It is effective in respiratory and genital infections.

Carbomycin-A

It is an similar to erythromycin.

Action:
It causes the inhibition of protein synthesis.

Troleandomycin

It is a macrolide antibiotic.It is similar to erythromycin.

Action:
It binds to 50S ribosomal subunit of bacteria resulting in inhibition of protein synthesis.

Uses:
It is used for the treatment of Pneumococcal pneumonia.

Spiramycin

It is a macrolide/ketolide antibiotic. It is an experimental drug.

Uses:It is used to treat toxoplasmosis.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Oleandomycin

It is a macrolide/ketolide antibiotic.

Uses:
It is used in the infections caused by Bacillus subtilis, Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureous.