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Chloromycetin

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Chlo·ro·my·ce·tin (klôr-m-stn)
A trademark for an antibiotic preparation of chloramphenicol.

Chloromycetin,
trademark for an antibacterial and anti-rickettsial (chloramphenicol).

Chloromycetin [klor″o-mi-se´tin]
trademark for preparations of chloramphenicol, a broad-spectrum antibiotic.

Chloromycetin,
n.pr the brand name for chloramphenicol. See also chloramphenicol.

Chloromycetin
trademark for preparations of chloramphenicol, a broad-spectrum antibiotic.


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citing numerous cases involving a wide-spectrum antibiotic known as Chloromycetin.
and European pharmaceutical firms routinely told working or vacationing employees to collect soil samples and plants from around the world and bring them back for analysis and drug discovery Chloromycetin, for example, still the standard treatment for typhus, was discovered in a Venezuelan compost heap in 1944.
 
 
 
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