A broad-spectrum antibiotic drug that stops bacterial growth by interfering with protein production in bacterial cells.
From chlor- (chlorine) + amphenicol (derived from compound name). Discovered in 1947 from a Streptomyces bacterium isolated from soil.
Chloramphenicol was a miracle drug that could treat typhoid and other deadly infections, but it had a terrible side effect—it could permanently destroy bone marrow in rare cases!
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