Effect of Sulfapyridine, Sulfathiazole and Sulfamethylthiazole upon Severe Staphylococcal Infection in Mice.

Sulfathiazole and sulfamethylthiazole, administered as 1% of the diet showed a distinct and equal therapeutic value in prolonging the lives of mice heavily infected with Staphylococcus aureus. Sulfathiazole proved to be somewhat more efficient in this respect than sulfapyridine.