metronidazole
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- noun
- /ˌmɛtrəˈnaɪdəˌzoʊl/
- Specialized
- Of these, 851 (84%) were treated first line with metronidazole, and 165 (16%) were treated first line with vancomycin.
- metronidazole resistance
- metronidazole therapy
- oral metronidazole
Examples
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I've also got no metronidazole, and this child has got amebic dysentery!
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For treating giardiasis, the preferred medication is metronidazole, which effectively eradicates the infection.
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However, this study and others have found that initial treatment with metronidazole may confer a worse outcome.
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Subjects were excluded if they received both vancomycin and metronidazole therapy within 24 hours of each other.
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The patient and his attendants were counseled and advised not to consume Metronidazole in the future.
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Moreover, the previous reports suggest that the patient developed a bullous eruption due to oral Metronidazole earlier as well.
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Postoperatively, the patient was maintained on antibiotic therapy with metronidazole and ceftriaxone.
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Recent literature suggests the efficacy of metronidazole as first-line therapy may be waning.
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Based primarily on these two small studies, a Cochrane review concluded that metronidazole was as effective as vancomycin for symptom resolution.
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Topical azelaic acid and metronidazole are considered safe and efficacious first-line therapies.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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A medicine used to treat infections caused by tiny one-celled organisms like giardiasis and trichomoniasis
Surface Forms
Etymology
Metronidazole is a lab-made name that mixes nitro, meaning a 'nitrogen' chemical group, and imidazole, meaning a small 'ring' of atoms found in many drugs. So the name points to its chemical parts and helps explain why metronidazole is used as a medicine against bacterial infections and tiny parasites.