Beta Lactam Cephalosphorin Flashcards
Parent compound of cephalosporin
7 amino-cephalosporanic acid
Cephalosporin generally more effective than Penicillinsagainst B-lactamase-producing microbes
except enterococci,
Methicillin-resistant Staph.
Aureus and Staph epidermidis
Good activity vs gm (+) & modest vs gm (-) microbes ( ex: strep, staph, E. coli, K. pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis) and anaerobes ( ex: peptococci, peptostreptococci)
•Penetration to the CSF is inadequate
First generation of cephalosporin
Oral drugs used for the treatment of UTI, for minor staphylococcal lesions, or for minor polymicrobial infections such as cellulitis or soft tissue abscess
First generation of cephalosporin
penetrates well into most tissues-the drug of choice for surgical prophylaxis
1st gen
Cefazolin
only first generation parenteral cephalosphorin
•Alternative to an antistaphylococcal penicillin
1st gen
Cefazolin
Better activity vs anaerobes
•first gen drugs activity but with extended gm (-) coverage (beta-lactamase-producing
Second generation cephalosporin
Clinical uses: sinusitis, otitis
2ndgeneration
B. fragilis and some serratia strains (mixed anaerobic infections like peritonitis, diverticulitis, PID) ; colorectal surgery
2nd gen
Cefoxitin,
cefmetazole and
cefotetan
H. influenzae,
M. catarrhalis
2nd gen
Cefamandole, cefuroxime, cefonicid, ceforanide & cefaclor
pneumococcus
–crosses the BBB & for community-acquired pneumonia
2nd gen
Cefuroxime
less active than the first generation vs gm (+) cocci but most active against gram (-) including B-lactamase-producing strains
3rd generation
DOC P. meningitis)–more active against Pseudomonas
3rd gen
Cefoperazone,
Ceftazidime
active against anaerobes
3rd gen
Cefoperazone,
Cefotaxime
active against B. fragilis
3rd gen
Ceftizoxime
and monolactam