bhatti106Why you prefer cefepime over other cephalosporins?
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- 19 May 2010 by bhatti106
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- urinary tract infection, bacteremia, febrile neutropenia, intraabdominal infection, pneumonia, kidney infections, skin infection, nosocomial pneumonia, cefepime, pyelonephritis, skin and structure infection
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JohnySmith19 May 2010
Cefipime is the last generation cephalosporin antibiotic that is used against a wide variety of microorganism and that is why is commonly prescribed in medical practice. However, there are some bacterial strains resistant to cefixime and the medication is not effective. So everything depends on susceptibility of bacteria
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