2007-02-12 05:35:36 · 2 answers · asked by kara_breedlove 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
No.
Chloramphenicol is an antibiotic derived from Streptomyces venezuelae.
Penicillin is a beta-lactam antibiotic derived from Penicillium mold.
While both are antibiotics, each is in a separate chemical and pharmacological class.
2007-02-12 05:38:33 · answer #1 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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 cheap, but has fallen out of favour in the West due to a very rare but very serious side effect: aplastic anemia.
In the West, the main use of chloramphenicol is in eye drops or ointment for bacterial conjunctivitis
2007-02-12 05:45:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋