• The antibiotic chloramphenicol is used mainly to treat serious infections due to the few bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics but are still susceptible to chloramphenicol . Its use is limited because it interferes with the production of blood cells in bone marrow, greatly reducing the number of blood cells (blood cell counts), which, in some people, can be irreversible and fatal, and so this drug is used only if no safer drugs are available.

    Chloramphenicol works by interfering with the bacteria


    Chloramphenicol meaning & definition 1 of Chloramphenicol.


  • An antibiotic used against serious infections such as typhoid fever.

    Chloramphenicol meaning & definition 2 of Chloramphenicol.


  • Chloramphenicol is an antibiotic that is primarily bacteriostatic. It binds to the 50S subunit of the ribosome, thereby inhibiting bacterial protein synthesis.

    Chloramphenicol meaning & definition 3 of Chloramphenicol.

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