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cephalosporin (sĕf'əlōspôr`ĭn), any of a group of more than 20 antibiotics antibiotic, any of a variety of substances, usually obtained from microorganisms, that inhibit the growth of or destroy certain other microorganisms. Types of Antibiotics

..... Click the link for more information. derived from species of fungi of the genus Cephalosporium and closely related chemically to penicillin penicillin, any of a group of chemically similar substances obtained from molds of the genus Penicillium that were the first antibiotic agents to be used successfully in the treatment of bacterial infections in humans.
..... Click the link for more information. . Cephalosporins, e.g., cefaclor (Ceclor), act against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria (see Gram's stain Gram's stain, laboratory staining technique that distinguishes between two groups of bacteria by the identification of differences in the structure of their cell walls.
..... Click the link for more information. ) by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis. They are widely used to treat gonorrhea, meningitis, and staphylococcal and streptococcal infections in patients who cannot use penicillin. Overuse of cephalosporins has led to increased bacterial resistance to the drugs (see drug resistance drug resistance, condition in which infecting bacteria can resist the destructive effects of drugs such as antibiotics and sulfa drugs. Drug resistance has become a serious public health problem, since many disease-causing bacteria are no longer susceptible to
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cephalosporin [‚sef·ə·lə′spȯr·ən]

(microbiology)

Any of a group of antibiotics produced by strains of the imperfect fungusCephalosporium.

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No references found	To the Editor: In the United States most third-generation cephalosporin resistance among salmonellae is due to AmpC plasmid-mediated [beta]-lactamases. Human Salmonella infection yielding CTX-M [beta]-lactamase, United ... by Sjolund, Maria; Yam, Jennifer; Schwenk, Jillian; Joyce, Kevin; Medalla, Felicita; Barzilay, Ezra; Wh / Emerging Infectious Diseases In our hospital, the third-generation cephalosporins do not adequately cover the Gramnegative organisms likely to be encountered. Microbiology of infected arthroplasty: implications for empiric ... by D Sharma and J Douglas and C Coulter and P Weinrauch and R Crawford / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery Due to their ability to penetrate the central nervous sxstem, third-generation cephalosporins - except cefoperazone and cefixime - can be used to treat meningitis, including meningitis caused by pneumococci, meningococci, H influenzae, and susceptible gram-negative rods (bacillary infections of alimentary system). Antibiotics Medicines and Antifungal Drugs - Third-Generation ... by Ricky Hussey / Health, general community	third degree Third Element Third Estate Third Estate tiers etat Third Estate tiers état third generation computer third generation language third harmonic Third Internationalists third law of motion Third Law of Thermodynamics third little pig third man third normal form third of May Third Party third proportional third quadrant third rail Third Reich Third Republic Third Section third sound Third Viscount Palmerston Third World Third-generation cephalosporin third-generation computer third-generation language third-order climatological station third-order reaction third-order relief third-party cookie thirling Thirlmere Thirlwall, Connop Thirst Thirst and sodium appetite Thirst Center thirteen Thirteen Articles of Faith Thirteen Clocks, The Thirteen Colonies, the thirteen original colonies Thirteen Years War 1454–66 Thirteenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets Thirteenth Conference of the Russian Communist Party Bolshevik Thirteenth Congress of the Russian Communist Party Bolshevik thirty Thirty Heroes Thirty Tyrants Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45	third-class mail Third-Country Dumping third-degree third-degree third-degree third-degree third-degree AV heart block Third-degree block third-degree burn third-degree burn third-degree burn third-degree burn third-degree burn Third-degree burns third-degree fusion third-degree fusion third-degree fusion Third-Degree Intent Third-degree methods Third-degree methods Third-degree methods Third-degree methods Third-degree murder Third-degree murder Third-degree murder Third-degree murder third-dimensional third-dimensionality third-generation Third-Generation Cell-Phone Technology Third-generation cephalosporin Third-generation computer Third-Generation Input/Output Third-generation language Third-generation programming language Third-Generation, 144kbps Wireless Technology Third-hand smoke Third-hand smoke Third-hand smoke Third-level domain Third-level domain third-line therapy Third-Location Decompression third-order climatological station Third-Order Concurrent Complementary Operators Method Third-Order Correlation Slice Third-Order Elastic Constant Third-Order Harmonic Distortion Third-Order Inter-Modulation Third-Order Intermodulation Third-Order Intermodulation Distortion Third-Order Intermodulation Intercept Point Third-Order Oppenheimer-Brinkman-Kramers Third-Order Polynomial Upwind Scheme third-order reaction third-order relief Third-Order Staggered Adams-Bashforth Scheme Third-Order Zero-Disparity

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To the Editor: In the United States most third-generation cephalosporin resistance among salmonellae is due to AmpC plasmid-mediated [beta]-lactamases.

Human Salmonella infection yielding CTX-M [beta]-lactamase, United ... by Sjolund, Maria; Yam, Jennifer; Schwenk, Jillian; Joyce, Kevin; Medalla, Felicita; Barzilay, Ezra; Wh / Emerging Infectious Diseases

In our hospital, the third-generation cephalosporins do not adequately cover the Gramnegative organisms likely to be encountered.

Microbiology of infected arthroplasty: implications for empiric ... by D Sharma and J Douglas and C Coulter and P Weinrauch and R Crawford / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery

Due to their ability to penetrate the central nervous sxstem, third-generation cephalosporins - except cefoperazone and cefixime - can be used to treat meningitis, including meningitis caused by pneumococci, meningococci, H influenzae, and susceptible gram-negative rods (bacillary infections of alimentary system).

Antibiotics Medicines and Antifungal Drugs - Third-Generation ... by Ricky Hussey / Health, general community

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