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Descriptions

Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic usually used in treating urinary tract infections. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Nitrofurantoin (Wikipedia)

A urinary anti-infective agent effective against most gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. Although sulfonamides and antibiotics are usually the agents of choice for urinary tract infections, nitrofurantoin is widely used for prophylaxis and long-term suppression. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Nitrofurantoin
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
Nitrofurantoin

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 硝基呋喃妥英
Synonyms: 呋喃妥因;呋喃旦啶;硝化呋喃托英
fr-CA French (Canada) Nitrofurantoïne
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Nitrofurantoiin
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Nitrofurantoína
it-IT Italian (Italy) Nitrofurantoina
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Nitrofurantoin
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Нитрофурантоин
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) nitrofurantoïne
fr-BE French (Belgium) Nitrofurantoïne