sulfapyridine

American  

[suhl-fuh-pir-i-deen, -din] / ˌsʌl fəˈpɪr ɪˌdin, -dɪn /

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.

---

Etymology

Origin of sulfapyridine

sulfa(nilamide) + pyridine

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

sulfapyridine

The cases: >A 15-year-old boy with a bad streptococcic infection of the hip showed no improvement after large doses of sulfanilamide and sulfapyridine.

From Time Magazine Archive

In other cases, sulfapyridine, like sulfanilamide, may produce a dangerous decrease in the number of red blood corpuscles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hence, it is necessary for physicians to take daily blood counts of their pneumonia patients, and give them blood transfusions if the action of sulfapyridine becomes toxic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pneumonia caused by bacteria can be successfully combated with serums and sulfapyridine or sulfathiazole; for lipid pneumonia there is no treatment.

From Time Magazine Archive

They covered him with an oxygen tent, inoculated him with pneumonia serum, fed him the famed pneumonia specific, sulfapyridine.

From Time Magazine Archive