Archive for December, 2009

Sulfa Drugs Allergy

Sulfa drugs allergy is a condition which describes the adverse drug reactions to sulfonamides. Sulfonamides are medicines that prevent the growth of bacteria in the body and sulfa drugs are used to treat bacterial infections of different kinds. Sulfonamide group of drugs may be with or without antibiotic characteristics. Common sulfonamide antibiotics are sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole [...]