Sparfloxacin

EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS / POTENTIAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPIES AGAINST M. ULCERANS

Sparfloxacin

CLASS

Quinolone

TARGET PROTEIN

DNA gyrase

MECHANISM OF ACTION

Bactericidal activity

DRUG INTERACTION PHASE (APPROVED, INVESTIGATIONAL, EXPERIMENTAL)

Experimental

LINK TO PUBMED


SIMILAR TARGETS IN OTHER SPECIES

DNA gyrase subunit A and DNA topoisomerase 4 subunit A ~ Haemophilus influenzae (strain ATCC 51907 / DSM 11121 / KW20 / Rd)

DRUG BANK ID

DB01208

EXTERNAL LINKS


REFERENCE

Thangaraj, H. S., Adjeib, O., Allen, B. W., Portaels, F., Evans, M. R. W., Banerjee, D. K., & Wansbrough-Jonesa, M. H. (2000). In vitro activity of ciprofloxacin, sparfloxacin, ofloxacin, amikacin and rifampicin against Ghanaian isolates of Mycobacterium ulcerans. The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 45(2), 231?233. https://doi.org/10.1093/JAC/45.2.231



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