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cephalothin

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cephalothin
a first generation cephalosporin antibiotic. Sensitive organisms include many penicillin-resistant staphylococci.

cephalothin
Cefalotin® Infectious disease A parenteral semisynthetic derivative of cephalosporin C, and 3rd generation broad-spectrum cephalosporin


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In addition, both strains were found to be d-tartrate-fermenting (dT+) biovars (4), susceptible to ampicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, cephalothin, ceftazidime, gentamicin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, neomycin, nalidixic acid, norfloxacin, and ciprofloxacin and resistant to sulfamethoxazole and co-trimoxazole.
After the first amino acid substitution, the enzyme did not allow the breakdown of an antibiotic called cephalothin.
enterica serovar Virchow and found resistant to ampicillin, ceftiofur, cephalothin, nalidixic acid, and tetracycline and with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (MICs >0.
 
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