A method for the treatment of bacterial infections in humans and non-human mammals, which comprises administering to a subject suffering such infection an antibacterially effective
dose of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable salt thereof:wherein:R1 represents
hydrogen, or C1-C6
alkyl or C1-C6
alkyl substituted by one or more
halogen atoms; R2 represents a group R10-(X)n-(ALK)m- wherein R10 represents
hydrogen, or a C1-C6
alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, cycloalkyl,
aryl, or heterocyclyl group, any of which may be unsubstituted or substituted by (C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy, hydroxy, mercapto, (C1-C6)alkylthio, amino, halo (including fluoro, chloro, bromo and iodo),
trifluoromethyl, cyano, nitro, -COOH, -CONH2, -COORA, -NHCORA, -CONHRA, NHRA, -NRARB, or -CONRARB wherein RA and RB are independently a (C1-C6)alkyl group, and ALK represents a straight or branched
divalent C1-C6 alkylene, C2-C6 alkenylene, or C2-C6 alkynylene radical, and may be interrupted by one or more non-adjacent -NH-, -O- or -S-linkages, X represents -NH-, -O- or -S-, and m and n are independently 0 or 1; and A represents a group as defined in the specification.