Chloramphenicol

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Broader Terms

antibiotic, nitrobenzene

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Chloramphenicol is used to treat serious infections in different parts of the body.
• PHARMACOKINETICS OF CHLORAMPHENICOL Chloramphenicol is a clinically useful antibiotic with the following chemical structure: The compound is uncharged over the pH range 2-9 and is poorly soluble in water.
• Chloramphenicol is banned for use in food-producing animals, including honey bees, in Canada as well as in a number of other countries.
• Chloramphenicol is an antibiotic that has been prohibited from use in food animals since the mid-1980s, but we recently found that over 50% of E.
• Because of its toxicity, chloramphenicol is rarely prescribed for infections that can be treated by other antibiotics.

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