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sulfa

suhl fuh

  • n  antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA

  • No railroadman should be allowed to work within one or two weeks after treatment with any drug of the sulfa group, warns the Association of American Railroads.
  • Toronto's General Hospital last week reported its 20th death in four years from sulfa poisoning, three within the last month.
  • Though far from being a drug on the market, the number of sulfa drugs has increased so rapidly during the past two years that not even doctors can keep their uses straight.
News & Articles

  • Can ethnic hate be a mental illness?
    “Penicillin and Sulfa. When I was a baby I had a closed throat reaction.” “Many drugs, like Colfax. I had a reaction when I was a young adult.”
    April 22, 2014 - Tri-County Times
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  • Tarun Gogoi in Press Trust of India
    Alleging that former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was also close to the banned ULFA, Gogoi said "ULFA is Mahanta's own cousin. The killings were carried out by suspected surrendered ULFA (SULFA) members allegedly at the behest of the then...

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