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Chloramphenicol Cause Damage To The Human Body

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Chloramphenicol is a broad spectrum antibiotic, meaning it can actively work against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. In both cases the target of any antibiotic is the breakage of the peptidoglycan cross-linkages, which results in the loss of rigidity of the cell and its consequent death. It is mostly bacteriostatic in effect but can be bactericidal in higher concentrations.

What is it used for?

Use in Humans
Chloramphenicol can easily cause damage to the human body, such as irreversible aplastic anemia and reversible bone marrow toxicity. [1] For this reason, the use of this drug is limited to the more serious forms of bacterial invasion in humans. Examples include diseases that are deliberately …show more content…

Resistance methods may also include inactivation of the antibiotic by an enzyme (acetyltransferase or phosphotransferase). There is also the possibility of mutations in the bacterial rRNA which interferes with the reception of the drug to the bacterial cell. Another mechanism of resistance includes an active efflux pump, which transfers chemicals such as antibiotics out of (bacterial) cells.It has been observed that “cells exhibited upregulation and downregulation of genes involved in protein biosynthesis, nutrient transport, gene regulation, stress and metabolism” in the presence of the …show more content…

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21574/
Inhibition of protein synthesis, Chloramphenicol irreversibly binds to a receptor site on the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome, inhibiting peptidyl transferase. This inhibition consequently results to the prevention of amino acid transfer to growing peptide chains, ultimately leading to inhibition of protein formation. http://amrls.cvm.msu.edu/pharmacology/antimicrobials/antibiotics-of-veterinary-importance/chloramphenicol How is it administered?

The two methods this drug can be administered or orally or parenterally. The latter would mean injection or infusion, but is avoided unless the patient suffers major infection.

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