Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Pyrimidines > Trimethoprim

Preferred term

Trimethoprim  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Proloprim
  • Trimpex

Note

  • consider TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE for nonsusceptibility of bacteria

Scope note

  • A pyrimidine inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase, it is an antibacterial related to PYRIMETHAMINE. It is potentiated by SULFONAMIDES and the TRIMETHOPRIM, SULFAMETHOXAZOLE DRUG COMBINATION is the form most often used. It is sometimes used alone as an antimalarial. TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE has been reported.

History note

  • 1974 (1972)

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014295

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 5/21/18