Cycloheximide is used in a variety of media for the isolation of pathogenic fungi to inhibit certain non-pathogenic fungi like saprophytic moulds and yeasts. It is especially useful in the isolation of dermatophytes. Since the pathogenicity of fungi and the immune status of patients vary, care should be taken when a medium with cycloheximide is used alone for the isolation of fungi because certain opportunistic fungi might be missed. Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic which is inhibitory to a wide range of gram negative and gram-positive bacteria but may have an inhibitory effect on several pathogenic fungi.
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Cycloheximide is especially useful in the isolation of dermatologists,and Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic which is inhibitory to a wide range of gram negative and gram-positive bacteria
Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic which is inhibitory to a wide range of gram negative and gram-positive bacteria but may have an inhibitory effect on several pathogenic fungi.
Cycloheximide is used in a variety of media for the isolation of pathogenic fungi to inhibit certain non-pathogenic fungi
Do you mean the negatives of these antibiotics? Their presence is negative in the case of isolating opportunistic fungi because cyclohexamide affects on opportunistic fungi and some fungi that cause skin diseases such as black piedra and chloramphenicol a broad-spectrum antibiotic affect on bacteria. The disadvantages and advantages are determined by the type of fungus to be isolated
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