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cefaclor

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cef·a·clor  (sf-klôr, -klr)
n.
A semisynthetic analogue of cephalosporin, C15H14ClN3O4S, that is administered orally and has a broad spectrum of antibiotic activity.

[Alteration of cepha(losporin) + c(h)lor(ine).]


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influenzae provide resistance to the penicillins as a class, as well as resistance to some of the earlier cephalosporins such as cephalexin and cefaclor.
Representative colonies were plated onto duplicate Mueller-Hinton agar (MHA; Difco Laboratories, Detroit, MI) and three antibiotic disks were placed on each plate containing 10 mcg ampicillin, 10 mcg penicillin, or 30 mcg cefaclor (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, MI) (Bauer, Kirby, Sherris, & Turck, 1966; Gibbs, Green, Tarwater, & Scarpino, 2004).
Susceptibility to the following antimicrobial agents was determined as MIC: cefaclor, cefuroxime, clindamycin, ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin, gentamicin, linezolid, moxifloxacin, oxacillin, penicillin, rifampin, teicoplanin, tetracycline, trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole, and vancomycin.
 
 
 
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