Antibiotic
cefamandole
Effect:
Decreased Cell Wall Synthesis & Repair
May Prevent:
Surgical Wound Infection
May Treat:
Bone Diseases, Infectious; Escherichia coli Infections; Haemophilus Infections; Klebsiella Infections; Pneumonia, Bacterial; Proteus Infections; Skin Diseases, Bacterial; Soft Tissue Infections; Staphylococcal Infections; Streptococcal Infections; Urinary Tract Infections
Definitions related to cefamandole:
  • A second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic with bactericidal activity. Cefamandole is active against Haemophilus and gram-negative bacilli susceptible to other cephalosporins. It is also active against many strains resistant to other cephalosporins, such as Enterobacter species and indole-positive Proteus species.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Semisynthetic wide-spectrum cephalosporin with prolonged action, probably due to beta-lactamase resistance. It is used also as the nafate.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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