acetohydroxamic acid
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acetohydroxamic acid
[as″ĕ-to-hi″droks-am´ik] an inhibitor of bacterial
urease used in prophylaxis and treatment of struvite
kidney stones whose formation is favored by urease-producing bacteria and as an adjunct in treatment of
urinary tract infections caused by urease-producing bacteria; administered orally.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
acetohydroxamic acid
(ăs′ĭ-tō-hī′drŏk-săm′ĭk, ə-sē′to-)n. An oral inhibitor of bacterial urease, used to prevent and treat kidney stones and to treat urinary tract infections.
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