ZEVTERA is the first and only U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved cephalosporin indicated to treat Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB), including right-sided endocarditis, caused by the ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . I routinely see prescribers avoid prescribing cephalosporin antibiotics for patients with a penicillin allergy.
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . 49 of 50 patients with penicillin allergy tolerated 76 of 77 doses of cephalosporins. 70% of reactions were low ...
Oral cefixime yielded similar rates of treatment success for early syphilis when compared with penicillin, according to preliminary results of a small randomized trial. At 3 or 6 months post-treatment ...
In children with low-risk allergies to oral cephalosporins, direct challenges showed remarkable safety, with 97.5% of challenges being asymptomatic and no cases requiring epinephrine. Overall, 68% of ...