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cloxacillin

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cloxacillin /clox·a·cil·lin/ (klok″sah-sil´in) a semisynthetic penicillin; used as the sodium salt to treat staphylococcal infections due to penicillinase-positive organisms.
cloxacillin [kloks″ah-sil´in]
a semisynthetic penicillin; its sodium salt is used in treating staphylococcal infections due to penicillinase-positive organisms.
cloxacillin
a semisynthetic penicillin, resistant to β-lactamase and active against gram-positive bacteria.
cloxacillin
Infectious disease A beta-lactam penicillin that is not hydrolyzed by staphylococcal penicillinases, ie most isolates of S aureus and some coagulase-negative staphylococci are susceptible to cloxacillin; it is also useful for streptococci
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Blood culture grew Staphylococcus aureus and antibiotics were changed to intravenous cloxacillin 1 g every 8 hours for 5 days and oral cloxacillin 1 g 4 times daily for 6 weeks.
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Treatment Intravenous cloxacillin is the initial antibiotic of choice.
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