an antibacterial drug that is a nitro derivative of furan
nitrofuran in American English
(ˌnaɪtroʊˈfjʊrˌæn; ˈnaɪtroʊfjuˈræn)
noun
a furan derivative, C4H3O·NO2, used to treat bacterial infections
Word origin
nitro- + furan
Examples of 'nitrofuran' in a sentence
nitrofuran
In vivo, the pentacyclic nitrofuran compounds showed long half-lives and high volumes of distribution.
Rakesh, David F Bruhn, Michael S Scherman, Lisa K Woolhiser, Dora B Madhura, MarcusM Maddox, Aman P Singh, Robin B Lee, Julian G Hurdle, Michael R McNeil, Anne J Lenaerts,Bernd Meibohm, Richard E Lee 2014, 'Pentacyclic nitrofurans with in vivo efficacy and activity against nonreplicatingMycobacterium tuberculosis.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3914891?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Salmonellae and escherichiae were mainly resistant to the aminoglycosides, followed by tetracycline, nitrofuran, sulpha, macrolide, chloramphenicol, quinolones and beta-lactams.
Moreira M.A.S., Moraes C.A. 2002, 'Resistance to antibiotics in Gram-negative bacteria isolated from broiler carcasses',Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352002000100001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Furthermore, low levels of nitrofuran metabolites are detectable and quantitatively confirmed at a rapid rate in all samples.
Fatih Alkan, Arzu Kotan , Nurullah Ozdemir 2016, 'Development and validation of confirmatory method for analysis of nitrofuran metabolitesin milk, honey, poultry meat and fish by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry',Macedonian Veterinary Reviewhttp://www.macvetrev.mk/2016-1/macvetrev-2016-0060.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nitrofuran derivative remains a reasonable empirical antibiotic choice in this community with a 10-year resistance rate of 8.3 %.
M. Kolesnyk, N. Stepanova, V. Kruglikov, A. Rudenko 2016, 'THE ETIOLOGICAL SPECTRUM AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PATTERN OF BACTERIA CAUSING UNCOMPLICATEDURINARY TRACT INFECTIONS: A TEN-YEAR SURVEILLANCE STUDY (2005-2015)', Український Журнал Нефрології та Діалізуhttps://ukrjnd.com.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/185. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)