chloramphenicol
noun
chlor·am·phen·i·col
ˌklȯr-ˌam-ˈfe-ni-ˌkȯl 
-ˌkōl
: a broad-spectrum antibiotic C11H12Cl2N2O5 isolated from cultures of a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces venezuelae) or prepared synthetically
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The Olivers took to Facebook to tell their friends about Ike’s worsening condition, and they were then contacted by a stranger who advised them to try chloramphenicol – an antibiotic used as an eye ointment to treat human conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye.
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Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2023
The antibiotics facing export limits are tinidazole, metronidazole, chloramphenicol, erythromycin salts, neomycin, clindamycin salts and ornidazole.
—Vindu Goel, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
This Spanish outbreak, though, had a different cause, the importation of the cfr gene, which also mediates resistance to the older drugs clindamycin and chloramphenicol, apparently on a plasmid, possibly from a staph strain common in cows.
—Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 15 June 2010
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Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2023
The antibiotics facing export limits are tinidazole, metronidazole, chloramphenicol, erythromycin salts, neomycin, clindamycin salts and ornidazole.
—Vindu Goel, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
This Spanish outbreak, though, had a different cause, the importation of the cfr gene, which also mediates resistance to the older drugs clindamycin and chloramphenicol, apparently on a plasmid, possibly from a staph strain common in cows.
—Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 15 June 2010
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“Chloramphenicol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chloramphenicol. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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chloramphenicol
noun
chlor·am·phen·i·col
ˌklōr-ˌam-ˈfen-i-ˌkȯl, ˌklȯr-, -ˌkōl
: a broad-spectrum antibiotic C11H12Cl2N2O5 isolated from cultures of a soil actinomycete of the genus Streptomyces (S. venezuelae) or prepared synthetically
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