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Is chloramphenicol's mechanism of action bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal?
How does chloramphenicol inhibit bacterial protein synthesis?
What are the serious adverse effects of chloramphenicol administration?
Which drug family does tetracycline belong to?
Is tetracycline bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal?
List some infections that tetracycline is useful in treating.
Like chloramphenicol, tetracycline inhibits protein synthesis at the elongation stage. How does its mechanism of action differ?
Tetracyclines also inhibit protein synthesis in mammalian cells, particularly in the mitochondria - so what stops them from causing havoc in the host body during treatment?
