sulfonamide

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For example, 1972 saw a typhoid fever outbreak in Mexico that was stubbornly resistant to chloramphenicol, and when doctors switched to streptomycin, sulfonamide, and tetracycline, none of them worked, either.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2021

It is the only sulfonamide compound which can be given rectally with success.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1935, after trying 1,161 sulfonamide compounds, Dr. Fourneau finally found the formula which conquered the streptococci of puerperal fever and meningitis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sulfathiazole is "the most important sulfonamide drug in use at present."

From Time Magazine Archive