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]