The first sulfa antimicrobial drug was:
A. glycol
B. sulfanilamide
C. sulfasalazine
D. sulfadiazine
b
Rationale: Sulfanilamide was the first sulfa antimicrobial drug. It is the only sulfa drug mentioned in this chapter and was involved in the famous sulfanilamide disaster of 1937, when it was mixed with diethylene glycol and 105 reported deaths occurred.
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