cefapirin
Also known as Cefadyl, Cefa-Lak, (6R,7R)-3-(Acetoxymethyl)-8-oxo-7-{[(pyridin-4-ylsulfanyl)acetyl]amino}-5-thia-1-azabicyclo[4.2.0]oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid, CEPR, Cefaprin, Cephapirine, Cephapirin, Cefapirina
Cefapirin (INN, also spelled cephapirin) is an injectable, first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic. It is marketed under the trade name Cefadyl. Production for use in humans has been discontinued in the United States.
Research
680 papers- Assessment of the Usefulness of Cefapirin and Cefalonium Disks for Susceptibility Testing of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Bovine Mastitis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
- Prednisolone and cefapirin act synergistically in resolving experimental Escherichia coli mastitis.Journal of dairy science · 2013
- BestBETs for Vets.The Veterinary record · 2017
- [Cephalosporins].Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde · 1975
- Ecotoxicity of the two veterinarian antibiotics ceftiofur and cefapirin before and after photo-transformation.The Science of the total environment · 2018
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Cefapirin (INN, also spelled cephapirin) is an injectable, first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic. It is marketed under the trade name Cefadyl. Production for use in humans has been discontinued in the United States.
It also has a role in veterinary medicine as Metricure, an intrauterine preparation, and combined with prednisolone in Mastiplan, an intramammary preparation. Both are licensed in cattle.