Telithromycin is a ketolide antibiotic, the first to enter clinical use. It is used to treat mild to moderate respiratory infections. Telithromycin binds to the subunit 50S of the bacterial ribosome, interfering with bacterial protein synthesis.
African health sciences, 15(4), 1271-1276 (2016-03-10)
Malaria is on the increase due to emergence of parasite drug resistance and there is thus an urgent need for the development of new antiparasitic drugs effective at low concentrations. Ketolides antibiotics are used for treatment of various ailments and
Therapeutics and clinical risk management, 2(1), 59-75 (2008-03-25)
Acute bacterial sinusitis (ABS), acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECB), and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are common conditions and constitute a substantial socioeconomic burden. The ketolides are a new class of antibacterials with a targeted spectrum of antibacterial activity. In vitro
Nature chemical biology, 12(3), 153-158 (2016-01-05)
Regulation of gene expression in response to the changing environment is critical for cell survival. For instance, binding of macrolide antibiotics to the ribosome promotes translation arrest at the leader open reading frames ermCL and ermBL, which is necessary for
