Pirlimycin, sold under the brand name Pirsue, is used in the treatment of mastitis in cattle.

[1][3][4] It is used as the salt pirlimycin hydrochloride and it belongs to the lincosamide class of antimicrobials.

[1] Pirlimycin is active against Gram-positive bacteria, specifically Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase negative species of Staphylococcus and Streptococcus.

[5] It is bacteriostatic and acts by inhibiting bacterial protein synthesis via binding with the 50S subunit of the ribosome.

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