sulfapyridine
/ˌsʌlfəˈpɪrədin/
noun
- A sulfa drug formerly used to treat bacterial infections, especially pneumonia and meningitis.
- The hospital used sulfapyridine to fight the meningitis outbreak before modern antibiotics were available.
- Sulfapyridine was a breakthrough treatment for pneumonia in the late 1930s.
- Many patients recovered from serious infections thanks to sulfapyridine, despite its side effects.