When prescribing levomycetin, two circumstances must be taken into account: Firstly, this antibiotic sometimes causes very serious complications, in particular from the hematopoietic organs, often ending in death. Secondly, at present, resistant forms of sensitive bacteria (staphylococcus, shigella, enteropathogenic Escherichia, etc.), which have become highly resistant to the action of chloramphenicol, are widespread everywhere.
