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sulfadiazine

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 by halting the production of folic acid inside the bacterial cell, commonly used to treat urinary tract infections.

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sulfadiazine

n. a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections

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Sulfadiazine

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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I was immediately put on sulfadiazine for the shigella and emetine, an alkaloid of ipecac used to destroy the parasitic amoeba.