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Sulfadiazine vs Sulfamethoxazole - What's the difference?

sulfadiazine | sulfamethoxazole |

As nouns the difference between sulfadiazine and sulfamethoxazole

is that sulfadiazine is a sulfonamide antibiotic that works by halting the production of folic acid inside the bacterial cell, commonly used to treat urinary tract infections while sulfamethoxazole is a particular kind of antibiotic, an antibacterial sulfonamide.

sulfadiazine

English

Alternative forms

* sulphadiazine

Noun

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  • A sulfonamide antibiotic that works by halting the production of folic acid inside the bacterial cell, commonly used to treat urinary tract infections.

    • sulfamethoxazole

    English

    (wikipedia sulfamethoxazole)

    Noun

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  • (pharmaceutical drug) A particular kind of antibiotic, an antibacterial sulfonamide.