"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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D02.033.455.706.300 D02.455.426.559.389.565.175 D02.640.529.175
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| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chloramphenicol" by people in Profiles.
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Rose CM, Reilly KJ, Haith LR, Patton ML, Guilday RJ, Cawley MJ, Ackerman BH. Emergence of resistance of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a thermal injury patient treated with quinupristin-dalfopristin and cultured epithelial autografts for wound closure. Burns. 2002 Nov; 28(7):696-8.
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Thanassi JA, Hartman-Neumann SL, Dougherty TJ, Dougherty BA, Pucci MJ. Identification of 113 conserved essential genes using a high-throughput gene disruption system in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Nucleic Acids Res. 2002 Jul 15; 30(14):3152-62.
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Diringer MN, Halperin JJ, Dattwyler RJ. Lyme meningoencephalitis: report of a severe, penicillin-resistant case. Arthritis Rheum. 1987 Jun; 30(6):705-8.
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Jensen AD, Naidoff MA. Bilateral meningococcal endophthalmitis. Arch Ophthalmol. 1973 Nov; 90(5):396-8.
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Piebenga LW, Laibson PR. Dendritic lesions in herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Arch Ophthalmol. 1973 Oct; 90(4):268-70.