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cefotetan

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cefotetan /cef·o·te·tan/ (sef´o-te″tan) a β–resistant second-generation cephalosporin effective against a wide range of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, used as the disodium salt.
cef·o·te·tan (sf-ttn)
n.
A semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotic that is stable in the presence of beta-lactamases produced by gram-negative bacteria.

cefotetan
a second generation cephalosporin antibiotic.


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Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex antimicrobial drug susceptibilities for 38 isolates recovered from wound or blood cultures Antimicrobial drug Susceptible (%) Amikacin 48 Amoxicillin/clavulanate 9 Ampicillin/sulbactam 50 Cefepime 14 Cefotetan 3 Ceftazidime 12 Ceftriaxone 6 Ciprofloxacin 11 Colistin * 100 Gentamicin 8 Imipenem 89 Tobramycin 14 Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 29 * Colistin susceptibility evaluated in 3 multidrug-resistant isolates.
make special note of drugs related to the antibiotic cephalosporin -- including cefotaxime, cefoxitin, ceftizoxime, ceftriaxone, cefotetan and ceftazidime.
In the PREVENT study, a statistically significant difference favoring INVANZ over cefotetan with respect to the primary endpoint has been observed.
 
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