treponemicidal

English

Adjective

treponemicidal (comparative more treponemicidal, superlative most treponemicidal)

1. Destructive to treponemes.
   • 2015 August 19, Susan Tuddenham, Khalil G. Ghanem, “Emerging trends and persistent challenges in the management of adult syphilis”, in BMC Infectious Diseases‎^[1], volume 15, →DOI:

     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.

Related terms

• treponemicide