Cefuroxime (sodium salt)

Cefuroxime (sodium salt)

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Cefuroxime is a cephalosporin antibiotic with broad-spectrum activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria including S. pyogenes, S. pneumoniae, S. viridans, E. coli, P. mirabilis, H. influenzae, and N. gonorrhoeae (mean MICs = 0.005-8.2 ?g/ml).{40366} Like other cephalosporins, cefuroxime inhibits peptidoglycan crosslinking and bacterial cell wall synthesis.{40367} It is resistant to hydrolysis by bacterial ?-lactamases, increasing its efficacy against ?-lactamase producing Gram-negative bacteria.{40368} Cefuroxime is protective against Gram-positive and Gram-negative infections in vivo with mean ED50 values ranging from 2 to 35 and 1 to 55 mg/kg, in mice and rats, respectively.{40369} Formulations containing cefuroxime have been used to treat urinary tract infections.{40370}

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