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Published on: November 16, 2016
[Effect of the molecular structure of azithromycin on pharmacokinetics and the antimicrobial activity]
1Département de Génétique et Microbiologie, CMU, Genève, Suisse.
Abstract:
Azithromycin possesses in position 9 of the lactone cycle a nitrogen atom which provides a second site of protonation. Hence, and compared to erythromycin, azithromycin is more stable in the gastric environment, enjoys improved digestive absorption and improved digestive toleration, displays much higher intracellular accumulation responsible for prolonged serum and tissue half-lives, which allows simplified therapeutic schedules. It is also postulated that improved activity against Gram negative isolates such as H. influenzae and B. catarrhalis results from the same structural particularities.
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