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Medicine: metronidazole
Prescribing competence required for Year 6Indication(s):
bacterial infection
bacterial infection
Related Medicines:
Mechanism(s):
cysteine bearing enzyme inhibitor (prodrug) (Class: antibacterial: nitroimidazole)
Associated Scenario(s):
[Acute abdominal pain], [Chronic limb pain], [Diarrhoea], [Perianal pathology], [Postoperative complications]
[Acute abdominal pain], [Chronic limb pain], [Diarrhoea], [Perianal pathology], [Postoperative complications]