Cephalosporins

The ban, set to take effect April 5, applies to a class of antibiotics known as cephalosporins, which are sold for human use under brands including Keflex, Ceftin and Cedax and are used to treat bone, urinary-tract and respiratory infections. ❋ Bill Tomson (2012)

Of the eight who went to India, seven -- that's 88 percent -- came back with bacteria in their guts that were resistant to a whole class of antibiotics called cephalosporins. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

Penicillin Allergy Might Not Include Related Antibiotic history of penicillin allergy can safely take antibiotics called cephalosporins, U.S. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"With the older strains of C. difficile, clindamycin and beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin and the cephalosporins were the ones associated with C. difficile infection," ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ceftaroline is an intravenous antibiotic that is part of the family known as cephalosporins, a group of drugs that have been used for decades. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lupin made a class of injectable antibiotics called cephalosporins used to treat chronic infection. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ceftobiprole, the first anti-MRSA cephalosporin to be approved, is an intravenous antibiotic that belongs to the class of antibacterial drugs known as cephalosporins, which are used to treat serious infections caused by a broad range of bacteria, characterized as Gram-negative and Gram-positive, based on a classification process that is used to identify the specific type of bacteria. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ceftobiprole is an intravenous antibiotic that belongs to the class of antibacterial drugs known as cephalosporins, which are used to treat serious infections caused by a broad range of bacteria, characterized as Gram-negative and Gram-positive, based on a classification process that is used to identify the specific type of bacteria. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Primary risk factors for CDI include broad-spectrum antibiotic use (such as cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones), advanced age (over 65) and emerging hyper-virulent strains ❋ Unknown (2010)