Thiamphenicol

Applications Thiamphenicol is an antibiotic. Thiamphenicol is the methyl-sulfonyl analogue of chloramphenicol and has a similar spectrum of activity, but is 2.5 to 5 times as potent. Thiamphenicol is used particularly for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections and pelvic inflammatory disease. References Tikhonova, E., et al.: J. Biol. Chem., 279, 32116 (2004), Baucheron, S., et al.: J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 55, 707 (2005), Pages, J., et al.: Trends. Mol. Med., 11, 382 (2005), Lomovskaya, O., et al.: Biochem. Pharmacol., 71, 910 (2006), Samosorn, S., et al.: Bioorg. Med. Chem., 14, 857 (2006),