Crossword clues for sulfamethoxazole
Wiktionary
alt. (context pharmaceutical drug English) A particular kind of antibiotic, an antibacterial sulfonamide. n. (context pharmaceutical drug English) A particular kind of antibiotic, an antibacterial sulfonamide.
WordNet
n. a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract) [syn: Gantanol]
Wikipedia
Sulfamethoxazole (SMZ or SMX), is an antibiotic. It was used for bacterial infections such as urinary tract infections, bronchitis, and prostatitis and is effective against both gram negative and positive bacteria such as Listeria monocytogenes and E. coli.
Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and skin rashes. It is a sulfonamide and bacteriostatic. It resembles a component of folic acid. It prevents folic acid synthesis in the bacteria that must synthesize their own folic acid. Mammalian cells, and some bacteria, do not synthesize but require preformed folic acid (vitamin B9), they are therefore insensitive to sulfamethoxazole.
It was introduced to the United States in 1961. It is now mostly used in combination with trimethoprim (abbreviated SMX-TMP). Other names include: sulfamethalazole, sulfisomezole, and sulfamethazole.
Usage examples of "sulfamethoxazole".
As recently as a month before her murder, she had been in to fill a prescription for Septra, which she apparently was no longer on when she died, since trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole were not detected in her blood.