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sulphonamide [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Veterinary Drugs
DEF

A category of antibacterial drugs made by conventional chemical manufacturing processes, and thus different in origin from antibiotics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Médicaments vétérinaires
DEF

Médicament chimique dérivé de la sulfamilamide, qui exerce une action bactériostatique sur la plupart des germes Gram positif et Gram négatif et, à concentration élevée, une action bactéricide, d'où son appellation d'«antibiotique chimique».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Medicamentos veterinarios
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