trimethoprim
noun
tri·meth·o·prim
trī-ˈme-thə-ˌprim 
: a synthetic antibacterial and antimalarial drug C14H18N4O3 used alone or in combination with sulfamethoxazole
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Next came Macrobid, a combination treatment of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole.
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Natalie Ma, STAT, 31 Oct. 2021
Antibiotics are used to treat donovanosis, including azithromycin, doxycycline, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
—Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021
Treatment of nocardia of the lung in people with normal immune systems usually involves trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole; since that seemed not to do well for you, minocycline is a reasonable option.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 July 2021
Seeing a doctor is important not only because the infection can be diagnosed by stool exams, but also because the parasite is treatable with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic combination, according to Dr. Sears.
—Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 29 June 2021
The usual treatment is trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic combination.
—Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 9 July 2018
And, of those patients, nearly 35 percent filled a prescription for nitrofurantoin and nearly 8 percent filled a prescription for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, per the CDC data.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 18 Jan. 2018
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Natalie Ma, STAT, 31 Oct. 2021
Antibiotics are used to treat donovanosis, including azithromycin, doxycycline, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
—Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021
Treatment of nocardia of the lung in people with normal immune systems usually involves trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole; since that seemed not to do well for you, minocycline is a reasonable option.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 July 2021
Seeing a doctor is important not only because the infection can be diagnosed by stool exams, but also because the parasite is treatable with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic combination, according to Dr. Sears.
—Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 29 June 2021
The usual treatment is trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic combination.
—Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 9 July 2018
And, of those patients, nearly 35 percent filled a prescription for nitrofurantoin and nearly 8 percent filled a prescription for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, per the CDC data.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 18 Jan. 2018
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trimethoprim
noun
tri·meth·o·prim
trī-ˈmeth-ə-ˌprim
: 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
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