chloramphenicol
/ˌklɔːramˈfɛnɪkɒl
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
An antibiotic used against serious infections such as typhoid fever.Recently, emerging strains of enterococci have acquired resistance to erythromycin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, fluoroquinolones, and vancomycin....
- This strain was resistant to methicillin, cephalothin, gentamicin, erythromycin, chloramphenicol and tetracycline.
- Gentamicin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol and fluoroquinolones are alternative treatments.
Origin
1940s: from chloro- (representing chlorine) + am(ide) + pheno- + ni(tro-) + (gly)col.
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