Top Quality Factory Supply CAS56-75-7 Chloramphenicol

Chloramphenicol is an antibiotic that can be used to treat many bacterial infections. This includes eye ointment used to treat conjunctivitis. It is used to treat meningitis, pestis, cholera and typhoid fever by oral or intravenous injection. Oral or injection use is recommended only when safer antibiotics cannot be used.

Chloramphenicol is active against the three main bacterial causes of meningitis: Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae. In the West, chloramphenicol remains the drug of choice in the treatment of meningitis in patients with severe penicillin or cephalosporin allergy and general practitioners are recommended to carry intravenous chloramphenicol in their bag. In low-income countries, the WHO recommend oily chloramphenicol as first-line to treat meningitis.Although its use in veterinary medicine is highly restricted, chloramphenicol still has some important veterinary uses.It is currently considered the most useful treatment of chlamydial disease in koalas.The pharmacokinetics of chloramphenicol have been investigated in koalas.

1. Chloramphenicol is used to treat a wide range of infections caused by bacteria, such as typhoid fever, acute respiratory infections, and bacterial meningitis.
2. Chloramphenicol is also used as an alternative to treat eye infections caused by susceptible organisms, such as conjunctivitis, keratitis, and blepharitis.
3. It is used to treat severe infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Haemophilus influenzae.
4. It is also used to treat infections caused by Clostridium species, such as tetanus and botulism.
5. Chloramphenicol is also used to treat certain fungal infections, such as Candida albicans.
6. It is used to treat some forms of leukaemia in adults and children.