Josamycin

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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.[1][2]

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.[3]

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