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anti-infective agents
- Subject Category
- H Health and Pathology
- Definition
- Substances that prevent infectious agents or organisms from spreading or kill infectious agents in order to prevent the spread of infection.
- Definition Source
- Medical Subject Headings 2015
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/3054.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/3054
- Used For
- antiinfective agents
- antimicrobial agents
- antimicrobials
- Broader Term
- drugs
- Narrower Term
- antibiotics
- antifungal agents
- antiparasitic agents
- antiseptics
- antiviral agents
- arsanilic acid
- carbadox
- chloramphenicol
- chlorhexidine
- ciprofloxacin
- enrofloxacin
- furaltadone
- isoniazid
- nalidixic acid
- nitrapyrin
- nitrofural
- ofloxacin
- oxazolidinones
- oxolinic acid
- sulfachlorpyridazine
- sulfadimethoxine
- sulfamerazine
- sulfamethazine
- sulfanilamide
- sulfapyridine
- sulfaquinoxaline
- sulfathiazole
- sulfisoxazole
- tiamulin
- Related Term
- anti-infective properties
- antibacterial properties
- antibiotic resistance
- antimicrobial packaging
- antimicrobial peptides
- biocides
- disease control
- disinfectants
- disk diffusion antimicrobial test
- honokiol
- kojic acid
- lomefloxacin
- malachite green
- moxifloxacin
- nitrofurans
- nitrofurantoin
- sodium dichloroisocyanurate
- sulfasalazine
- triclosan
- violacein
- Spanish
- agentes antimicrobianos
- Term Number
- 3054