Definition

A 16-membered macrolide antibiotic, with potential antibacterial and immunomodulatory activities. Upon administration, carrimycin targets and binds to bacterial ribosomes, thereby inhibiting protein synthesis. Carrimycin may be active against some Gram-positive bacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It may also have immunomodulatory activity, presumably through a different mechanism, which has not yet been characterized.