Description
Thiamphenicolisachloramphenicolanalogthatexhibitsantibioticactivity.Thiamphenicolinhibitsthe50Ssubunitofthebacterialribosome,inhibitingproteintranslation.ThiamphenicoldisplaysantibacterialefficacyagainstStreptococcus,Staphylococcus,Escherichia,andHaemophilus.
References
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MarcheseA,DebbiaEA,TonoliE,etal.InvitroactivityofthiamphenicolagainstmultiresistantStreptococcuspneumoniae,HaemophilusinfluenzaeandStaphylococcusaureusinItaly.JChemother.2002Dec;14(6):554-61.PMID:12583545.