NCIt definition : A 16-membered macrolide antibiotic, with potential antibacterial and immunomodulatory
activities. Upon administration, carrimycin targets and binds to bacterial ribosomes,
thereby inhibiting protein synthesis. Carrimycin may be active against some Gram-positive
bacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It may also have immunomodulatory activity,
presumably through a different mechanism, which has not yet been characterized.;