Chloromycetin in the Treatment of Pneumonia in Infants and Children

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CHLOROMYCETIN is an antibiotic derived from a strain of Streptomyces venezuelae. Its antimicrobial spectrum is broad and embraces the following organisms: rickettsia, certain viruses of the psittacosis group, gram-positive cocci (including the pneumococcus, streptococcus and staphylococcus) and certain gram-negative organisms including Eberthella typhosa, shigella and several of the coliform group.1 The drug is well tolerated orally, and few toxic reactions have followed its use in therapeutic doses. Chloromycetin is readily absorbed after oral administration, and blood levels of 10 to 40 mg. per 100 cc. are readily obtained when 50 to 100 mg. per kilogram of body weight . . .

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