THE ROLE OF 3RD-GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS IN SERIOUS PEDIATRIC INFECTIONS

Authors
DARVILLE T JACOBS RF
Citation
T. Darville et Rf. Jacobs, THE ROLE OF 3RD-GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS IN SERIOUS PEDIATRIC INFECTIONS, Complications in surgery, 14(1), 1995, pp. 73
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal",Surgery
Journal title
Complications in surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
1053749X
Volume
14
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-749X(1995)14:1<73:TRO3CI>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Parenteral third-generation cephalosporins have a broad spectrum of ac tivity against a wide variety of pathogens. Cefotaxime and ceftriaxone sodium have become drugs of choice for the empirical treatment of men ingitis in infants, children, and adults. The role of these extended-s pectrum cephalosporins for serious infections in pediatric patients is expanding.