Patent ID: 7696358

Claim:
A method of ameliorating a bacterial infection in a subject in need thereof, which comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I): wherein: A represents a heterocycle optionally substituted by one or more R groups, wherein R is selected from: halogen, —NRaRb, C 1-6 alkyl, C 2-6 alkenyl, C 3-6 alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, hydroxy, —OC 1-6 alkyl, formyl, cyano, trifluoromethyl, CHNORa, —CO 2 Ra, —CONRaRb, —NRaC(O)Ra, —NRaC(O)ORa, —OC(O)NRaRb, —OC(O)Ra, —OC(O)ORa, or a C 1-6 alkyl group substituted by one or more groups selected from: hydroxy, —NRaRb, —OC 1-6 alkyl, —SRa, —CHNORa, —CO 2 Ra, —CONRaRb, —NRaC(O)Ra, —NRaC(O)ORa, —OC(O)NRaRb, —OC(O)Ra, —OC(O)ORa, wherein: Ra and Rb independently represent hydrogen or C 1-6 alkyl; R 1 represents hydrogen, C 1-6 alkyl or together R 1 and R 3 represent a CH 2 moiety; R 2 represents hydrogen, —OC 1-6 alkyl, —O(O)C 1-6 alkyl or hydroxy; R 3 represents hydrogen, hydroxy or together R 3 and R 1 represent a CH 2 moiety, and further wherein said bacterial infection is selected from the group consisting of: S. pneumoniae, S. aureus, H. influenzae, M. catarrhalis, E. coli, pneumococci, salmonella, and E. faecalis.