EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS / POTENTIAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPIES AGAINST M. ULCERANS
Linezolid
CLASS
Oxazolidinone
MECHANISM OF ACTION
Bactericidal action
DRUG INTERACTION PHASE (APPROVED, INVESTIGATIONAL, EXPERIMENTAL)
Experimental
MODE OF ADMINISTRATION
Orally or by IV infusion
LINK TO PUBMED
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32091697/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16723546/
SIMILAR TARGETS IN OTHER SPECIES
23S ribosomal RNA ~ Enteric bacteria and other eubacteria
DRUG BANK ID
DB00601
EXTERNAL LINKS
Human Metabolome Database HMDB0014739 KEGG Drug D00947 KEGG Compound C08146 PubChem Compound 441401 PubChem Substance 46504452 ChemSpider 390139 BindingDB 50116067 RxNav 190376 ChEBI 63607 ChEMBL CHEMBL126 ZINC ZINC000002008866 Drugs.com Drugs.com Drug Page https://www.drugs.com/cdi/linezolid.html PDRhealth PDRhealth Drug Page http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/rxdrugprofiles/drugs/zyv1556.shtml Wikipedia Linezolid
REFERENCE
Ji, B., Lefrancois, S., Robert, J., Chauffour, A., Truffot, C., & Jarlier, V. (2006). In vitro and in vivo activities of rifampin, streptomycin, amikacin, moxifloxacin, R207910, linezolid, and PA-824 against Mycobacterium ulcerans. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 50(6), 1921?1926. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00052-06 Pluschke, G., & R?ltgen, K. (2019). Buruli ulcer: Mycobacterium ulcerans disease. In Buruli Ulcer: Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11114-4