Abstract
There is an urgent medical need for novel antibacterial agents to treat hospital infections, specially those caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-positive pathogens. The need may also be fulfilled by either exploring antibacterial agents having new mechanism of action or expanding known classes of antibacterial drugs. The paper describes a new chemical entity, compound 21, derived from hitherto little known "floxacin". The choice of the entity was made from a series of synthesized prodrugs and salts of the active chiral benzoquinolizine carboxylic acid, S-(-)-nadifloxacin. The chemistry, physicochemical characteristics, and essential bioprofile of 21 qualifies it for serious consideration as a novel drug entity against hospital infections of multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and its progress up to clinical phase I trials in humans is described.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5232-5242 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 11 Aug 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |