Application
TIGECYCLINE HYDRATE has been used:for antibiotic susceptibility testingto study its effects on multiple nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell linesto evaluate its effects on the binding of fluoroquinolones to human serum albuminas a standard to investigate the penetration of tigecycline into cornea, aqueous humor and vitreous humor
Biochem/physiol Actions
Tigecycline is a broad spectrum glycylcycline antibiotic. Tigecycline is bacteriostatic, that inhibits protein synthesis by binding to the 30S ribosomal subunit of bacteria and thereby blocking entry of Aminoacyl-tRNA into the A site of the ribosome during prokaryotic translation. Tigecycline is active against resistant strains of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, avoiding the two most common mechanisms of resistance to the tetracycline antimicrobials: tetracycline efflux pump proteins and ribosomal protection proteins.
General description
Tigecycline is used to treat complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) and complicated intraabdominal infections.
Legal Information
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Other Notes
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air sensitive
Packaging
5, 25 mg in glass bottle