What is the mechanism of action of chloramphenicol? For which conditions is it used?
Answer: It prevents peptide bond formation by binding the 50S subunit of rRNA. It is used for bacterial meningitis in penicillin-allergic patients and serious Salmonella infections in some parts of the world.
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