CONTROL OF BACTERIAL GROWTH

摘要

The present invention provides for the use of a sulfonylamide compound or a derivative thereof in the preparation of a medicament for treating and preventing infections caused by bacteria, in which the bacteria are selected from the group consisting of bacteria having a type II enzyme acetohydroxy acid synthase and bacteria having a type III enzyme acetohydroxy acid synthase. The invention further provides the corresponding sulfonylamide compounds or derivatives thereof.