"Chloramphenicol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An antibiotic first isolated from cultures of Streptomyces venequelae in 1947 but now produced synthetically. It has a relatively simple structure and was the first broad-spectrum antibiotic to be discovered. It acts by interfering with bacterial protein synthesis and is mainly bacteriostatic. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 29th ed, p106)
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D002701
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.455.706.300 D02.455.426.559.389.565.175 D02.640.529.175
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chloramphenicol" by people in Profiles.
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pCERC3 from a commensal ST95 Escherichia coli: A ColV virulence-multiresistance plasmid carrying a sul3-associated class 1 integron. Plasmid. 2016 Mar-May; 84-85:11-9.
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Drug-drug interaction between chloramphenicol and tacrolimus in a liver transplant recipient. Transplant Proc. 2000 May; 32(3):660-2.
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Pharmacokinetics of ranitidine in critically ill infants. Dev Pharmacol Ther. 1989; 12(1):7-12.
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Intravenous metronidazole therapy for Bacteroides fragilis meningitis. South Med J. 1979 Apr; 72(4):494-7.
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Changing trends in therapy of infections due to anaerobic bacteria. J S C Med Assoc. 1976 Jul; 72(7):260-3.
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The management of Hemophilus influenzae, Type B, pericarditis. Ann Thorac Surg. 1976 Apr; 21(4):281-3.
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Antimicrobial therapy of infections due to anaerobic bacteria. Semin Drug Treat. 1972; 2(3):295-312.