Bristol-Myers Squibb Compnay

Bristol Meyers Squibb Company

Shelley E Hoeft

Joanne J Bronson

Yasutsugu Ueda

Stanley V D'Andrea

John D Matiskella

Peter F Misco

John A Wichtowski

Thomas W Hudyma

Raymond F Miller

Choung U Kim

Muzammil M Mansuri

Dane M Springer

Bing Y Luh

Oak K Kim

Provided are cephem derivatives represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein Ar, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 are as defined in the application. The derivatives are gram-positive antibacterial agents especially useful in the treatment of diseases caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Cephalosporin derivatives

Novel cephem derivatives represented by the general formula ##STR1## in which the Acyl substituent is a group of the formula ##STR2## wherein Ar is a lipophilic optionally substituted phenyl, naphthyl, pyridyl or benzthiazolyl group; R.sup.1 is selected from certain optionally substituted aliphatic, aromatic, arylaliphatic or sugar moieties and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl or aminoalkylcarbonylamino are gram-positive antibacterial agents, especially useful in the treatment of infectious diseases caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Novel cephem derivatives represented by the general formula ##STR1## in which the Acyl substituent is a group of the formula ##STR2## wherein Ar is a lipophilic optionally substituted phenyl, naphthyl or pyridyl group; R.sup.1 represents either the residue of a heterocyclic amino acid or a C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkyl group substituted by both a carboxyl group and a group of the formula --NR.sup.9 R.sup.10 or ##STR3## in which R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 are each independently hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, said C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 alkyl group being optionally interrupted by one or more nitrogen atoms or carbonyl groups, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl or aminoalkyl are gram-positive antibacterial agents, especially useful in the treatment of diseases caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (also referred to below as MRSA or methicillin-resistant S. aureus).

Substituted 4-thio pyridones

Cephalosporin derviatives

Pyridinium thiomethyl substituted chepholosporin derivatives

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