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Chloramphenicol

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chloramphenicol /chlor·am·phen·i·col/ (klor?am-fen´i-kol) a broad-spectrum antibiotic effective against rickettsiae, gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and certain spirochetes; used also as the palmitate ester and as the sodium succinate derivative.
chlor·am·phen·i·col (klôrm-fn-kôl, -kl)
n.
A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from the soil bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or produced synthetically.
Chloramphenicol,
n a broad-spectrum antibacterial and antirickettsial agent that should be reserved for serious infections in which other agents are ineffective.
chloramphenicol
a broad-spectrum antibiotic with specific therapeutic activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, rickettsiae, chlamydia and anaplasmae. Side-effects in animals are uncommon, but its use in food-producing animals is discouraged or prohibited because of the danger of residues to humans. The palmitate preparation is a suspension administered orally and chloramphenicol sodium succinate is water soluble for parenteral use.
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40,41) There are no conclusive data on CSF sterilization with ampicillin plus chloramphenicol or with other antibiotics that have been studied.
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Typhimurium isolates were identified as DT104, and all had a pentavalent resistance pattern (resistance to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfonamides, and tetracycline) (3).
Salmonella typhimurium DT104, Italy by Luzzi, Ida / Emerging Infectious Diseases
There has been less concern, internationally or nationally, over the potential public health risks associated with residues of growth promoters in meat products, although the discovery of chloramphenicol in Asian shrimp in 2002 resulted in a requirement that all shrimp be tested before sale in the EU (Delegation of the European Commission to Thailand 2002).
Arsenic in food by Silbergeld, Ellen K. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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