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This medication is a combination of two antibiotics: sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim. It is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections (such as middle ear, urine, respiratory, and intestinal infections). It is also used to prevent and treat a certain type of pneumonia (pneumocystis-type).
bactrim works by stopping the growth of the bacteria causing the infection bactrim will not work against infections caused by viruses such as colds and flu bactrim has been prescribed for your current infectionactrim contains the active ingredients sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim also known as co trimoxazole bactrim is used to treat infections in different parts of the body caused by bacteria