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Josamycin

Chemical compound

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Josamycin is a macrolide antibiotic. It was isolated by Hamao Umezawa and his colleagues from strains of Streptomyces narbonensis var. josamyceticus var. nova in 1964.

It is currently sold in various countries.Brand examples are:

Europe: Josalid, Josacine, Iosalide, Josamina
Russia: Wilprafen (Вильпрафен)
Japan: Josamy

Adverse effects

There has been a case report of edema of the feet.

References

(July 1967). "A new antibiotic, josamyicn. I. Isolation and physico-chemical characteristics". The Journal of Antibiotics.
(1982). "Discovery of josamycin". Giornale Italiano di Chemioterapia.
(July 1993). "Josamycin-induced pedal oedema". BMJ.

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