Generic name: cefotaxime sodium and dextrose monohydrate
Dosage form: injection
Drug class:Third generation cephalosporins
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Feb 21, 2022.
To reduce the development of drug-resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness of Cefotaxime for Injection USP and Dextrose Injection and other antibacterial drugs, Cefotaxime for Injection USP and Dextrose Injection should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by bacteria.
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Cefotaxime and Dextrose Description
Cefotaxime for Injection USP and Dextrose Injection is a sterile, nonpyrogenic, single use, packaged combination of Cefotaxime Sodium and Dextrose Injection (diluent) in the DUPLEX sterile container. The DUPLEX Container is a flexible dual chamber container.
The drug chamber is filled with sterile Cefotaxime Sodium USP, a semisynthetic, broad-spectrum, cephalosporin antibiotic for parenteral administration. It is the sodium salt of 7-[2-(2-amino-4-thiazolyl) glyoxylamido]-3-(hydroxymethyl)-8-oxo-5-thia-1-azabicyclo [4.2.0] oct-2-ene-2-carboxylate 72 (Z)-(o-methyloxime), acetate (ester). The CAS Registry Number is 64485-93-4.
Cefotaxime Sodium has the following structural formula:...
