Sulfametoxydiazine (
INN
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) or sulfamethoxydiazine (
USAN: sulfameter) is a long-acting
sulfonamide
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antibacterial
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.
It is used as a
leprostatic agent A leprostatic agent is a drug that interferes with proliferation of the bacterium that causes leprosy.
The following agents are leprostatic agents:
* acedapsone
* clofazimine
* dapsone
* desoxyfructo-serotonin
* diucifon
* ethionamide
* rifamp ...
and in the treatment of
urinary tract infection
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s.
Sulfamethoxydiazine is also used to treat and prevent diseases in animals. Because of its relatively long persistence, sulfamethoxydiazine residue can be detected in meat, dairy, and eggs, and is considered hazardous to human health. The United States and Japan both prohibit sulfamethoxydiazine residue in food, whereas the
Codex Alimentarius Commission states that the maximum limit for sulfonamides in animal tissues is 100 μg/kg.
References
Pyrimidines
Sulfonamide antibiotics
Phenol ethers
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