Infectious Disease Therapy
GSQ1530 could be effective against drug-resistant microbes
Published in Drug Week, October 18th, 2002
"GSQ1530 is a compound derived from a newly identified class of antibiotics referred to as heteroaromatic polycyclic (HARP) antibiotics," explained Yigong Ge and colleagues working at Genesoft, Inc. in South San Francisco and Herndon, Virginia-based Focus Technologies.
GSQ1530 was highly effective against a wide range of Gram-positive microbes in vitro, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Ge and coauthors reported.
The researchers evaluated...
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Source: Drug Week (2002-10-18)
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