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Chlamydia

New findings reported from T. Yamazaki and co-authors describe advances in chlamydia

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 30th, 2008

"The intracellular accumulation of telithromycin was measured and compared with ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin, minocycline and erythromycin. The activities of telithromycin, clarithromycin and minocycline against Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) pneumoniae were compared in an intracellular killing assay," scientists in Toyama, Japan report.

"Maximal telithromycin accumulation (mean intracellular/extracellular concentration ratio) ranged from 6.7 (A549 lung epithelial cells) to 11.8 (THP-1 monocytic cells). This ratio was similar to that of clarithromycin, but less than for minocycline. Minimum inhibitory and minimum lethal telithromycin concentrations against six clinical...

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