Brand Names: U.S.Bactrim Bactrim DS Sulfatrim PediatricPharmacologic CategoryAntibiotic, Miscellaneous Antibiotic, Sulfonamide DerivativePharmacologySulfamethoxazole interferes with bacterial folic acid synthesis and growth via inhibition of dihydrofolic acid formation from para-aminobenzoic acid; trimethoprim ...
: a synthetic antibacterial drug C14H18N4O3 used alone especially to treat urinary tract infections and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and in combination with sulfamethoxazole to treat these as well as other infections (as shigellosis or acute otitis media) see bactrim More...
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is an antimicrobial combination drug of a fixed proportion of the diaminopyrimidine trimethoprim (TMP) and the sulfonamide sulfamethoxazole (SMX). After a number of years of enthusiastic acceptance in England and Europe, this combination was introduced in the Unit...
Resistance to a combination of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is always less frequent than when any of these drugs is used separately. This combination of drugs, which is known by the commercial names cotrimoxazole, bactrim, biseptol, sulfatrim, and many others, is used for treating infections of ...