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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2003
Yoshikazu Asahina, Tochigi, JP;
Masaya Takei, Tochigi, JP;
Yoshikazu Asahina, Tochigi, JP;
Masaya Takei, Tochigi, JP;
Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A compound as represented by the general formula (I) shown below exhibits high antibacterial activity against gram-positive bacteria, in particular, such drug-resistant bacteria as mRNA, PRSP and VRE: wherein R1 is a methyl group, a fluoromethyl group, a methoxymethyl group, an acetoxymethyl group, a hydroxymethyl group or a methylene; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a pharmaceutically acceptable cation and an ester of a prodrug; R3 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R4 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a fluoromethyl group, a trifluoromethyl group or a fluorine atom; and R5 is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, with exceptions where R1 is a methyl group, R4 and R5 are at the same time a hydrogen atom, and R3 is a fluorine atom.