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cephalothin

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cephalothin [′sef·ə·lə·thən]
(microbiology)
An antibiotic derived from the fungusCephalosporium,resembling penicillin units in structure and activity, and effective against many gram-positive cocci that are resistant to penicillin.


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Eighty-five percent of all feed ingredients sampled contained bacteria resistant to one or more of the following four antibiotics: ampicillin, amoxicillin, clavulanic acid, and cephalothin.
 
 
 
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