Tedizolid is an oxazolidinone-class antibiotic.
tedizolid phosphate is a phosphate ester prodrug of the active compound tedizolid.
tedizolid phosphate is a prodrug activated by plasma or intestinal phosphatases to tedizolid following administration of the drug either orally or intravenously.
once activated, tedizolid exerts its bacteriostatic microbial activity through inhibition of protein synthesis by binding to the 50s ribosomal subunit of the bacteria.