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Cefuroxime is a second-generation cephalosporin
Cephalosporin

The cephalosporins are a class of beta-lactam antibiotic originally derived from Acremonium, which was previously known as "Cephalosporium"....
 antibiotic
Antibiotic

In common usage, an antibiotic is a substance or compound that kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria. Antibiotics belong to the group of antimicrobial compounds used to treat infections caused by microorganisms, including fungus and protozoa....
 that has been widely available in the USA as Ceftin since 1977. Glaxo Smith Kline sells the antibiotic in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 (and other countries, such as Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 and Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
) under the name Zinnat.

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or the other cephalosporin
Cephalosporin

The cephalosporins are a class of beta-lactam antibiotic originally derived from Acremonium, which was previously known as "Cephalosporium"....
s, although as a second-generation it is less susceptible to Beta-lactamase
Beta-lactamase

Beta-lactamases are enzymes produced by some bacteria and are responsible for their antibiotic resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics like penicillins, cephalosporins , cephamycins, and carbapenems ....
 and so may have greater activity against Haemophilus influenzae
Haemophilus influenzae

Haemophilus influenzae, formerly called Pfeiffer's bacillus or Bacillus influenzae, is a non-motile Gram-negative coccobacillus first described in 1892 by Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer during an influenza pandemic....
, Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, also known as Gonococci , or Gonococcus , is a species of Gram-negative kidney bean-shaped diplococci bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea....
 and Lyme disease
Lyme disease

Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia....
. althoug it used in the treatment of megastasis 500mg three times daily
roxime is generally well tolerated and side effects are usually transient.






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Cefuroxime is a second-generation cephalosporin
Cephalosporin

The cephalosporins are a class of beta-lactam antibiotic originally derived from Acremonium, which was previously known as "Cephalosporium"....
 antibiotic
Antibiotic

In common usage, an antibiotic is a substance or compound that kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria. Antibiotics belong to the group of antimicrobial compounds used to treat infections caused by microorganisms, including fungus and protozoa....
 that has been widely available in the USA as Ceftin since 1977. Glaxo Smith Kline sells the antibiotic in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 (and other countries, such as Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 and Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
) under the name Zinnat.

Brands

  • Altacef (Glenmark)
  • Axet (500mg tablet) (Xeno Pharmaceuticals), Philippines
  • Biofuroksym (Bioton S.A.) Poland
  • Cefteja (Quadra)
  • Famicef (The_ACME_Laboratories_Ltd
    The ACME Laboratories Ltd

    The ACME Laboratories Ltd is a major pharmaceutical company based in Bangladesh. It is part of the ACME Group of Companies....
    ), Bangladesh
  • Cefutil (Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd.), Bangladesh
  • Ceftum (GlaxoSmithKline
    GlaxoSmithKline

    GlaxoSmithKline plc is a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical industry, biological, and healthcare company. GSK is the world's second largest pharmaceutical company and a research-based company with a wide portfolio of pharmaceutical products covering anti-infectives, central nervous system, respiratory, gastro-intestinal/metabolic,...
    ), India
  • Cetil (Lupin)
  • Ecocef (750mg IV) (Xeno Pharmaceuticals), Philippines
  • Forcef (Aristo), India
  • Kefstar (Wockhardt)
  • Shincef, Philippines
  • Secomax (250 & 500mg, (General Pharma), Bangladesh
  • Xylid (Pharmaniaga), Malaysia
  • Zamur (Mepha)
  • Zinacef, (Glaxo Wellcome), China, Israel, United Kingdom
  • Zinadol, (GlaxoSmithKline
    GlaxoSmithKline

    GlaxoSmithKline plc is a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical industry, biological, and healthcare company. GSK is the world's second largest pharmaceutical company and a research-based company with a wide portfolio of pharmaceutical products covering anti-infectives, central nervous system, respiratory, gastro-intestinal/metabolic,...
    ), Greece
  • Zinex, (Birzeit Pharmaceutical Company), Palestine
  • Zinnat, (GlaxoSmithKline
    GlaxoSmithKline

    GlaxoSmithKline plc is a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical industry, biological, and healthcare company. GSK is the world's second largest pharmaceutical company and a research-based company with a wide portfolio of pharmaceutical products covering anti-infectives, central nervous system, respiratory, gastro-intestinal/metabolic,...
    ), Belgium
  • Zinoximor, Saudi Arabia
  • Zefu,(FDC LTD), India
  • Zinnat, (GlaxoSmithKline
    GlaxoSmithKline

    GlaxoSmithKline plc is a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical industry, biological, and healthcare company. GSK is the world's second largest pharmaceutical company and a research-based company with a wide portfolio of pharmaceutical products covering anti-infectives, central nervous system, respiratory, gastro-intestinal/metabolic,...
    ), Israel
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  • Kilmax (Eskayef Bangladesh Limited), Bangladesh


Indications

As for the other cephalosporin
Cephalosporin

The cephalosporins are a class of beta-lactam antibiotic originally derived from Acremonium, which was previously known as "Cephalosporium"....
s, although as a second-generation it is less susceptible to Beta-lactamase
Beta-lactamase

Beta-lactamases are enzymes produced by some bacteria and are responsible for their antibiotic resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics like penicillins, cephalosporins , cephamycins, and carbapenems ....
 and so may have greater activity against Haemophilus influenzae
Haemophilus influenzae

Haemophilus influenzae, formerly called Pfeiffer's bacillus or Bacillus influenzae, is a non-motile Gram-negative coccobacillus first described in 1892 by Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer during an influenza pandemic....
, Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, also known as Gonococci , or Gonococcus , is a species of Gram-negative kidney bean-shaped diplococci bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea....
 and Lyme disease
Lyme disease

Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia....
. althoug it used in the treatment of megastasis 500mg three times daily

Side effects

Cefuroxime is generally well tolerated and side effects are usually transient. Cefuroxime, if ingested with food, is both better absorbed and less likely to cause its most common side effects of diarrhea
Diarrhea

In medicine, diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea , is characterized by frequent loose or liquid bowel movements. The spelling of "diarrhea" is an appropriation of the Greek "diarrhoia" meaning "a flowing through." ....
, nausea, vomiting, headaches/migraine
Migraine

Migraine is a neurology syndrome characterized by altered bodily perceptions, headaches, and nausea. Physiologically, the migraine headache is a neurological condition more common to women than to men....
s, dizziness and abdominal pain.

Although there is a widely quoted cross-allergy risk of 10% between cephalosporins and penicillin
Penicillin

Penicillin is a group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi. They are Beta-lactam antibiotics used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms....
, recent assessments have shown no increased risk for cross-allergy for cefuroxime and several other 2nd generation or later cephalosporins.