Cefuroxime
Indications
- Susceptible infections due to Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria
- Hospital-acquired pneumonia
- Cellulitis, Erysipelas
- Prophylaxis of infection from human bites [in combination with other drugs], Prophylaxis of infection from animal bites [in combination with other drugs], Treatment of infection from human bites [in combination with other drugs] , Treatment of infection from animal bites [in combination with other drugs]
- Acute diverticulitis [in combination with metronidazole]
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Safety Information
Cautions
® intracameral injection With intracameral use Combined operations with cataract surgery (in adults); complicated cataracts (in adults); reduced corneal endothelial cells (less than 2000) (in adults);...
Side Effects
cephalosporins Common or very common Abdominal pain; diarrhoea; dizziness; eosinophilia; headache; leucopenia; nausea; neutropenia; pseudomembranous enterocolitis; skin reactions; thrombocytopenia; vo...
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Source: MedNext Audited Proprietary Dataset
Last reviewed: 2026
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