Chloramphenicol

First Approved by the FDA: October 1, 1968
Pharmaceutical Company: ALTANA

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Chloramphenicol Is A Bacteriostatic Antimicrobial Originally Derived From The Bacterium Streptomyces Venezuelae, Isolated By David Gottlieb, And Introduced Into Clinical Practice In 1949. it Was The First Antibiotic To Be Manufactured Synthetically On A Large Scale. Chloramphenicol Is Effective Against A Wide Variety Of Microorganisms; It Is Still Very Widely Used In Low Income Countries Because It Is Exceedingly Inexpensive, But Has Fallen Out Of Favour In The West Due To A Very Rare But Very S ...

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Capsule   100mg, 250mg, 50mg
Cream   1%
For Solution   25mg/vial
Injection   1g, 1gm/vial, 250mg/ml
Ointment   1%
Solution   0.5%
Solution/drops   0.5%

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