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Silver sulfadiazine, sold under the brand Silvadene among others, is a topical antibiotic used in partial thickness and full thickness burns to prevent infection. [1] Tentative evidence has found other antibiotics to be more effective, and therefore it is no longer generally recommended for second-degree (partial-thickness) burns, but is still ...
Silver sulfadiazine (SSD) is a topical antibiotic used in partial thickness and full thickness burns to prevent infection. [4] [21] It was discovered in the 1960s, [22] and was the standard topical antimicrobial for burn wounds for decades.
ATC code D06 Antibiotics and chemotherapeutics for dermatological use is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the classification of drugs and other medical products.
Sulfadiazine: Micro-Sulfon Silver sulfadiazine: Silvadene Sulfadimethoxine: Di-Methox, Albon Sulfamethizole: Thiosulfil Forte Sulfamethoxazole: Gantanol Sulfanilimide (archaic) Sulfasalazine: Azulfidine Sulfisoxazole: Gantrisin Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole (Co-trimoxazole) Bactrim, Septra Sulfonamidochrysoidine (archaic) Prontosil ...
Moderate cases of green nail syndrome may be prescribed topical antibiotics (silver sulfadiazine, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, bacitracin and polymyxin B). [16] Oral antibiotics are sometimes used if other therapies fail. [16] Tobramycin eye drops are sometimes used. [16]
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Sulfadiazine is an antibiotic. [1] Used together with pyrimethamine, a dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor, it is the treatment of choice for toxoplasmosis, which is caused by a protozoan parasite. [3] It is a second-line treatment for otitis media, prophylaxis of rheumatic fever, chancroid, chlamydia, and infections by Haemophilus influenzae. [1]
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