trimethoprim

American

[trahy-meth-uh-prim] / traɪˈmɛθ ə prɪm /

noun

Pharmacology.

a synthetic crystalline compound, C 11 H 18 N 4 O 3 , usually combined with a sulfonamide as an antibiotic preparation in the treatment of urinary tract infections and pneumocystis pneumonia.

Etymology

Origin of trimethoprim

1960–65; trimetho(xyphenyl) + p(y)rim(idinediamine) , components of its chemical name

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SC65A.3 is the first Psychrobacter strain found to resist certain antibiotics, including trimethoprim, clindamycin, and metronidazole.

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In essence, low-dose trimethoprim opens up a secondary, previously unknown, metabolite stress response in the pathogen.

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"You add one molecule, it has no effect. You add a second molecule, it has no effect. But you combine the two molecules -- in this case, trimethoprim and DHL -- and the combination is deadly. We mixed genetics and chemistry, and it worked."

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Amoxicillin and Trimethoprim are commonly prescribed antibiotics that certain strains of P. aeruginosa have become resistant to.

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However, the UK also uses the antibiotic trimethoprim more often, but analysis did not uncover higher levels of resistance in the UK when comparing the common E. coli strains found in both countries.

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