Antibacterial activity of palmitoyltuberactinamine N and di-.BETA.-lysylcapreomycin IIA.

Abstract
Palmitoyltuberactinamine N (Pal-Tua N) and di-.beta.-lysylcapreomycin IIA (di-.beta.-Lys-Cpm IIA), synthetic derivatives of the antituberculous agent tuberactinomycin (Tum) and capreomycin (Cpm), respectively, were tested for antibacterial activity. Pal-Tua N inhibited tuberactinomycin-resistant Mycobacterium smegmatis, Escherichia coli, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes, and had no activity against M. tuberculosis. Di-.beta.-Lys-Cpm IIA inhibited the growth of laboratory-derived Tum-resistant M. smegmatis and M. tuberculosis as well as Tum-resistant M. tuberculosis from patients, with 1 exceptional case.

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