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cefotaxime

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Noun1.cefotaxime - a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract
Claforan
cephalosporin, Mefoxin - one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity
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Comparing their findings with data on resistance to the commonly-used antibiotics penicillin, erythromycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol and cefotaxime, the researchers came to the conclusion that bacteria with mixed DNA were more likely to be resistant to antibiotics, suggesting a link between recombination and antibiotic resistance.
Peculiar 'sex' makes bacteria antibiotic resistant by Asian News International
Native CTX-Ms are cefotaximases that usually hydrolyze cefotaxime rather than ceftazidime.
CTX-M [beta]-lactamases in Escherichia coli from Community-acquired ... by Ruppe, Etienne; Hem, Sopheak; Lath, Sovannarith; Gautier, Valerie; Ariey, Frederic; Sarthou, Jean-Lo / Emerging Infectious Diseases
We immediately changed the antibiotic treatment to cefotaxime 2x4 g IV per day.
A rare pathogen causing endocarditis: Streptococcus ... by Senses, Zeynep; Yokusoglu, Mehmet; Oz, Bilgehan Savas; Guclu, Aylin Uskudar; Erdem, Hakan; Baysan, O / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
 
 
 
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