acetohydroxamic acid /ac·e·to·hy·drox·am·ic ac·id/ (-hi″droks-am´ik) an inhibitor of bacterial urease used in the prophylaxis and treatment of certain renal calculi and the treatment of urinary tract infections caused by urease-producing bacteria.
acetohydroxamic acid
ac·e·to·hy·drox·a·mic acid ( s  -t -h dr k-sm k,  -s to-)n. An inhibitor of urease, used to treat a chronic urinary infection. |
acetohydroxamic acid
[as′ĕ-to-hi′droks-am′ik]
an inhibitor of bacterial urease used in the prophylaxis and treatment of struvite renal calculi, whose formation is favored by urease-producing bacteria, and as an adjunct in the treatment of urinary tract infections caused by urease-producing bacteria. It is administered orally.
acetohydroxamic acid
a hydroxamic acid that specifically inhibits urease; it retards alkalinization of the urine caused by urease-producing bacteria and may inhibit bacterial growth. Used in the prevention and dissolution of uroliths, but in dogs causes a dose-related, reversible hemolytic anemia and blood dyscrasia. Abbreviated AHA.
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