Definition of "cefotaxime" []

• A wide-spectrum antibiotic with efficacy against most bacteria. (noun)

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• "Drugs in the earlier generations of cephalosporins include cephalexin Keflex, cephalothin, cefazolin, cefaclor, cefotaxime, and ceftriaxone."
• "Unresponsive to various combinations of cefotaxime, chlarithromycin, levofloxacin, doxyclycline and Tamiflu."
• "All PMQR determinants 'positive isolates exhibiting 8 different genetic clones had mutations in gyrA and parC genes, and 11 carried bla genes, including 7 blaCTX − M with resistance to cefotaxime."