Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Cefotaxime
Cefotaxime is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.
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INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Lower respiratory tract infections including pneumonia
- Genitourinary infections
- Gynecologic infection (including pelvic inflammatory disease, endometritis, and pelvic cellulitis)
- Bacteremia and septicemia
- Skin and skin-structure infections
- Intra-abdominal infections including peritonitis
- Bone and joint infections
- Central nervous system infections including meningitis and ventriculitis
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Brain abscess (in combination with metronidazole)
- Empyema (in combination with metronidazole)
- Lyme disease: late Lyme arthritis and neuroborreliosis
- STD (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
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Last updated: December 6, 2017
Citation
Dzintars, Kathryn, and Paul A Pham. "Cefotaxime." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2017. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540095/all/Cefotaxime.
Dzintars K, Pham PA. Cefotaxime. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2017. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540095/all/Cefotaxime. Accessed October 19, 2019.
Dzintars, K., & Pham, P. A. (2017). Cefotaxime. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540095/all/Cefotaxime
Dzintars K, Pham PA. Cefotaxime [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2017. [cited 2019 October 19]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540095/all/Cefotaxime.
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