Abstract: Disclosed herein are new salts and polymorphs of cethromycin for the treatment of diseases due to infection by bacteria and certain protozoans, including, for example, malaria, Babesosis, Toxoplasmosis, diarrheal disease, respiratory disease, sexually transmitted bacterial infections, and some bioterror bacteria, including, for example, plague, tularemia and post-inhalation anthrax. Also disclosed herein are new salts and polymorphs of cethromycin for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including, for example, pelvic inflammatory disease, and peptic ulcer disease.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are new salts and polymorphs of cethromycin for the treatment of diseases due to infection by bacteria and certain protozoans, including, for example, malaria, Babesosis, Toxoplasmosis, diarrheal disease, respiratory disease, sexually transmitted bacterial infections, and some bioterror bacteria, including, for example, plague, tularemia and post-inhalation anthrax. Also disclosed herein are new salts and polymorphs of cethromycin for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including, for example, pelvic inflammatory disease, and peptic ulcer disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides freebase and salt forms, and compositions and methods thereof, useful for treating various conditions, in which aldehyde toxicity is implicated in the pathogenesis, by the administration of small molecule therapeutics acting as a scavenger for toxic aldehydes.