NOUN
- derivative of nitrofuran used as an antibacterial medicine (trade name Macrodantin) effective against a broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria; used to treat infections of the urinary tract
How To Use nitrofurantoin In A Sentence
- In pregnant women and in community acquired infections, simple antimicrobial drugs like nitrofurantoin might still be useful.
- Nitrofurantoin monohydrate is another reasonable prophylactic antibiotic that may be used in children who are older than eight weeks of age.
- If the patient has a urinary tract infection, nitrofurantoin may be useful.
- In pregnant women and in community acquired infections, simple antimicrobial drugs like nitrofurantoin might still be useful.
- Another form of hepatitis is chemical hepatitis caused by alcohol, some anesthetics, nitrofurantoin, isoniazid, and other drugs.
- Nitrofurantoin, dapsone, metronidazole, isoniazid, disulfiram, amiodarone, vincristine, cisplatin, Taxol, phenytoin, chloramphenicol, hydralazine, and high-dose pyridoxine can all lead to neuropathies.
- In four of the symptomatic patients (2 each with nosocomial and community acquired UTI), the organisms cleared with simple drugs like nitrofurantoin, amoxycillin and ciprofloxacin.
- It is not clear, however, how well these results may be extrapolated to pediatric patients, because of the marked differences in pharmacokinetics of nitrofurantoin in adults and children.
- All pregnant women should be screened for bacteriuria and subsequently treated with antibiotics such as nitrofurantoin, sulfisoxazole or cephalexin.
- But others, including sulfonamides and nitrofurantoins which are used to treat urinary tract infections, may be associated with birth defects. The Sun
