Meanings
adjectivetreponemicidal (comparative more treponemicidal, superlative most treponemicidal)
comparative more treponemicidal · superlative most treponemicidal
- Destructive to treponemes.
In the early 1980’s its use was abandoned, not because of lack of efficacy, but because it did not achieve consistent treponemicidal penicillin concentrations in the CSF.
2015 August 19, Susan Tuddenham, Khalil G. Ghanem, “Emerging trends and persistent challenges in the management of adult syphilis”, in BMC Infectious Diseases, volume 15, →DOI
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