Patent ID: 7923438

Claim:
A method for the treatment of a bacterial infection caused by mycobacteria, nocardia or corynebacteria, the method comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of the formula (I) wherein R 1 is 1. a saturated carbon chain having 10 to 18 carbon atoms, which can be straight-chain or branched, and in which the carbon chain is optionally mono- or disubstituted by a radical selected from 1.1 OH, 1.2 ═O, 1.3 O—(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, in which alkyl is linear or branched, 1.4 O—(C 2 -C 6 )alkenyl, in which alkenyl is linear or branched, 1.5 (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, in which alkyl is linear or branched, 1.6 aryl, 1.7 (C 1 -C 6 )alkylene-benzene, 1.8 diphenyl, 1.9 NH—(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, in which alkyl is linear or branched, 1.10 NH—(C 2 -C 6 )alkenyl, in which alkenyl is linear or branched, 1.11 NH 2 , 1.12 ═S, 1.13 S—(C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, in which alkyl is linear or branched R 2 is (C 1 -C 6 )alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted, or mono- or disubstituted by a radical as described in 1.1-1.3; in any stereochemical form, or a mixture of any stereochemical forms in any ratio, or a physiologically tolerable salt thereof.