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Co-Trimoxazole induced diuresis

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Sulphonamide antibiotics were once used in the 1940’s for their diuretic effects in heart failure. This property, long since forgotten, was responsible for a marked diuresis in a patient treated with co-trimoxazole, herein reported.

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  1. M. J. Tobin

    Present address: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA

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  1. Medical Professorial Unit, University College, Dublin

    M. J. Tobin, P. O’Connor & M. X. FitzGerald

  2. St. Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4

    M. J. Tobin, P. O’Connor & M. X. FitzGerald

  3. Accident and Emergency Department, The Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Ecoles Street, Dublin 7

    P. O’Connor

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Tobin, M.J., O’Connor, P. & FitzGerald, M.X. Co-Trimoxazole induced diuresis. Ir J Med Sci 151, 81–82 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02940152

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