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. 1978 Nov;14(5):788–790. doi: 10.1128/aac.14.5.788

Effects of Thiamphenicol and Chloramphenicol in Inhibiting Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates

P D Duck 1, J R Dillon 1, L Eidus 2
PMCID: PMC352552  PMID: 103495

Abstract

Thiamphenicol was compared with penicillin, tetracycline, and chloramphenicol for its ability to inhibit 530 isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, including 13 penicillinase-producing isolates. Thiamphenicol proved to be as active as chloramphenicol in inhibiting all of the isolates.

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