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Description: The molecule is an erythromycin derivative that is erythromycin A in which the hydrogen attached to the carbon at position 8 (alpha to the ketone carbonyl group) has been replaced by a fluorine. It has been used (generally as the corresponding monoethyl succinate ester) as an antibacterial drug. It has a role as an antibacterial drug. It is an erythromycin derivative, an organofluorine compound, a cyclic ketone and a semisynthetic derivative. It derives from an erythromycin A.