Teicoplanin
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Product name: Teicoplanin
CAS: 61036-62-2
Molecular formula: C78H77Cl2N8O32R
Molecular weight: 1709.39
Description:
Teicoplanin is an antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of serious
infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis. It is a semisynthetic
glycopeptide antibiotic with a spectrum of activity similar to vancomycin. Its
mechanism of action is to inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis.
Teicoplanin is marketed
by Sanofi-Aventis under the trade name Targocid.
Oral teicoplanin
has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of pseudomembranous
colitis and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea, with comparable
efficacy with vancomycin.