Cephalosporins

Cephalosporins are antibiotics like Cefzil and Keflex used for pneumonia, strep throat, salmonella and skin and urinary tract infections in humans and one type of antibiotic that Clostridium difficile is developing tolerance to.

Martha Rosenberg: Are You Eating Antibiotics Without Knowing It? Probably! Martha Rosenberg 2012

Cephalosporins are widely used on chickens even before they are hatched, injected directly into eggs, Mr. Roach said.

FDA Moves to Restrict Use of Antibiotics in Livestock Bill Tomson 2012

Cephalosporins are antibiotics like Cefzil and Keflex used for pneumonia, strep throat, salmonella and skin and urinary tract infections in humans and one type of antibiotic that Clostridium difficile is developing tolerance to.

Martha Rosenberg: Are You Eating Antibiotics Without Knowing It? Probably! Martha Rosenberg 2012

Cephalosporins are now widely used on chickens even before they are hatched, Roach said, and the practice of injecting the antibiotics directly into eggs will have to stop after the FDA ban is enacted.

FDA to Ban Some Antibiotics for Livestock Bill Tomson 2012

Cephalosporins are approved for use in respiratory illness in cattle and swine; "off label" usage means other food animals can be dosed with the drug for other ilnnesses, as well as given the drugs as a routine prophylactic measure--healthy animals routinely given drugs, rather than being treated because they are ill.

FDA's Stealth Policy Reversal on Animal Antibiotics Adds to Obama's Food Safety Challenges Eddie Gehman Kohan 2008

Cephalosporins are approved for use in respiratory illness in cattle and swine; "off label" usage means other food animals can be dosed with the drug for other ilnnesses, as well as given the drugs as a routine prophylactic measure--healthy animals routinely given drugs, rather than being treated because they are ill.

Archive 2008-12-10 Eddie Gehman Kohan 2008

Cephalosporins treat respiratory diseases in cattle and swine but are also often given "off-label" for uses not approved by the FDA to poultry or more generally in livestock for non-approved infectious diseases.

FDA Calls Off Ban on Animal Antibiotics 2008

Cephalosporins have been used to treat gonorrhea for 25 years, and in that time, in terms of susceptibility, the disease hasn't budged.

Drug Resistance 2007

Cephalosporins, which are the most frequently prescribed class of antibiotics, are related to penicillin in their structure, uses and effects.

Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

Pediatrics, CNS, GI, Anti-Infectives and NSAIDs therapy segments, not to mention global leadership positions in the Anti-TB and Cephalosporins.

BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories 2010