Patent ID: 6942877

Claim:
Method for producing antibiotic composites, said method comprising the following steps: a) providing a salt, which can be subjected to plastic deformation and which consists of: i) at least one cationic component of a protonated antibiotic base selected from the group consisting of aminoglycoside antibiotics, lincosamide antibiotics and tetracycline antibiotics; and ii) at least one anionic component selected from the group consisting of aliphatic carboxylates, alkyl sulfates, aryl sulfates, alkyl aryl sulfates cycloalkyl sulfates, alkyl cycloalkyl sulfates, alkyl sulfamates, cycloalkyl sulfamates, alkyl cycloalkyl sulfamates, aryl sulfamates, alkyl aryl sulfamates, alkyl sulfonates, fatty acid-2-sulfonates, aryl sulfonates, alkyl aryl sutfonates, cycloalkyl sulfonates, alkyl cycloalkyl sulfonates, alkyl-di-sulfates, cycloalkyl disulfates, alkyl disulfonates, cycloalkyl disulfonates, aryl disulfonates, alkyl aryl disulfonates, aryl trisulfonates and alkyl aryl trisulfonates; b) binding at least one member selected from the group consisting of inorganic composite components and organic composite components together with said salt form a composite; and c) molding the composite while adding water, wherein said molding comprises at least one of pressing, extrusion, rolling, calendaring and grinding.