Antibiotics

10- Sulfonamides and Sulfonamide Combinations

 

Sulfonamides are the oldest and the most widely used antibacterial agents in veterinary medicine, chiefly because of low cost and their relative efficacy in some common bacterial diseases. The synergistic action of sulfonamides with specific diaminopyrimidines renders these drugs much more effective compafed to sulfonamides alone.

 

CLASSES

The many available sulfonamides and sulfonamide derivatives can be categorized into several types, based mainly on their indications and duration of action in the body.