Lipophile Zusammensetzungen von Oligosaccharid-Antibiotikasalzen

Pharmaceutically acceptable compositions of matter comprising a lipophilic oligosaccharide antibiotic, e.g., the everninomicin-type antibiotic of Formula III, at least a stoichiometric amount of a base, e.g., NMG, an amount of, e.g., hydroxypropyl-b-cyclodextrin, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable non-ionic surfactant, e.g., Tween-80, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compositions of matter, methods of treating and preventing susceptible bacterial infections in animals especially human beings as well as a method of preventing adverse reaction syndrome while simultaneously delivering an antiinfective amount of a lipophilic oligosaccharide antibiotic such as that of Formula III to said animals as well as the use of the compositions of matter for the preparation of a medicament for such treating or preventing are disclosed.