Description
A thiazole antibiotic; active against Gram-positive bacteria, including S. aureus, S. epidermidis, and S. pyogenes (MICs = 25, 25, and 3.1 µg/ml, respectively); inhibits protein synthesis in E. coli at 1 and 10 µg/ml but not in isolated rabbit reticulocytes at 100 µg/ml