1 medical uses
1.1 use in humans
1.2 use in animals
1.3 use in laboratory
medical uses
furazolidone has been used in human , veterinary medicine. has broad spectrum of activity being active against
gram positive
clostridium perfringens
corynebacterium pyogenes
streptococci
staphylococci
gram negative
escherichia coli
salmonella dublin
salmonella typhimurium
shigella
protozoa
giardia lamblia
eimeria species
histomonas meleagridis
use in humans
in humans has been used treat diarrhoea , enteritis caused bacteria or protozoan infections. has been used treat traveler s diarrhoea, cholera , bacteremic salmonellosis. use in treating helicobacter pylori infections has been proposed.
furazolidone used giardiasis (due giardia lamblia), though not first line treatment.
use in animals
as veterinary medicine, furazolidone has been used success treat salmonids myxobolus cerebralis infections.
it has been used in aquaculture.
since furazolidone nitrofuran antibiotic, use in food animals prohibited fda under animal medicinal drug use clarification act, 1994.
use in laboratory
it used differentiate micrococci , staphylococci.
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