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A sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections
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sulfadiazine
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Sulfadiazine is a sulfonamide antibiotic . It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines , the most important medications needed in a basic health system .
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alt. (label en American spelling) A sulfonamide antibiotic that works by halting the production of folic acid inside the bacterial cell, commonly used to treat urinary tract infections. n. (label en American spelling) A sulfonamide antibiotic that works ...
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n. a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections
Usage examples of sulfadiazine.
I was immediately put on sulfadiazine for the shigella and emetine, an alkaloid of ipecac used to destroy the parasitic amoeba.