Contraindicated in patients with carnitine deficiency or inborn errors of metabolism that may result in clinically significant carnitine deficiency.
Penicillin and cephalosporins share a common beta-lactam structure. People who are allergic to penicillin are approximately 4 times more likely to develop an allergic reaction to a cephalosporin than those people who have no penicillin allergy (from 5–16% of patients allergic to penicillin develop reactions to cephalosporins).
- TRADE NAME: Spectracef (Meiji)
- INDICATIONS: Various infections caused by susceptible organisms
- CLASS: Antibiotic, Antimicrobial, Cephalosporin, Cephalosporin; 3rd generation
- HALF-LIFE: ~1.6 hours
- CLINICALLY IMPORTANT, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INTERACTIONS WITH:
Antacids, Famotidine, H2 antagonists, High-fat foods, Pantoprazole, Probenecid, Proton pump inhibitors, Vitamin K antagonists
- See adverse reactions attributed to class:
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