Sulfadiazine Definition

sŭlfə-dīə-zēn
noun
A sulfa drug, C10H10N4O2S, used in treating certain pneumococcal, streptococcal, and staphylococcal infections.
Webster's New World

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 Sentence Examples

  • Subrahmanyam M. (1998) ' A prospective randomized clinical and histological study of superficial burn wound healing with honey and silver sulfadiazine ' .

  • Subrahmanyam M. (1998) ' A prospective randomized clinical and histological study of superficial burn wound healing with honey and silver sulfadiazine '.

  • Babies born with toxoplasmosis who show symptoms of the disease may be treated with pyrimethamine, the sulfa drug sulfadiazine (Microsulfon), and folinic acid.

  • Sulfadiazine may be used to protect people with rheumatic fever from infections.

  • An ointment containing silver sulfadiazine is widely used for treatment of burns.

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