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        | ANCEF 1ST GEN
 BILE DISTRIBUTION
 80% PPB
 HAVE METHYLTHIOTETRAZOLE STRUCTURE (CH3ST4AZOLE)--CAUSES INCREASED BLEEDING TENDENCY
 IND: SSSI
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        | DURICEF ONLY 1ST GEN THAT IS LA
 ORAL ADMIN
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        | CEFADYL 1ST GEN; SA
 AE: PAIN AT THE SITE OF INJECTION
 AVAILABLE IV AND IM--PREFER IV BC IM IS PAINFUL
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        | Term 
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        | KEFLINĀ 1ST GEN; SA
 Q4H PARENTRAL ADMIN
 AE: PAIN AT THE SITE OF INJECTION
 AVAILABLE IV AND IM--PREFER IV BC IM IS PAINFUL
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        | Term 
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        | VELOSEF; ANSPOR
1ST GEN
ORAL ADMIN BONE DISTRIBUTIONĀ  |  | 
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        | KEFLEX 1ST GENĀ
 ORAL ADMIN
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        | Term 
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        | CECLOR 2ND GEN--retains properties of 1st gen
 ORAL ADMIN
 Ind: UPPER RTI: OTITIS MEDIA
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        | MANDOL 2ND GEN; SA
 BONE DISTRIBUTION
 HAVE METHYLTHIOTETRAZOLE STRUCTURE (CH3ST4AZOLE)--CAUSES INCREASED BLEEDING TENDENCY
 AE: Alcohol intolerance--Disulfuram like effects
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        | ZINACEF 2ND GEN; IA
 INJECTABLE
 BONE & CNS DISTRIBUTION
 SIMILAR SPEC AS CEPHAMYCINS BUT NOT CEPHAMYCINS B/C PRODUCED BY CEPHALOSPORIUM ACREMONIUM
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        | CEFTIN 2ND GEN; IA
 ORAL ADMIN
 CNS DISTRIBUTION
 SIMILAR SPEC AS CEPHAMYCINS BUT NOT CEPHAMYCINS B/C PRODUCED BY CEPHALOSPORIUM ACREMONIUM
 Ind: UPPER RTI: OTITIS MEDIA
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        | MEFOXIN 2ND GEN; SA (STRUCTURAL CLASS: CEPHAMYCINS)
 PRODUCED BY STREPTOMYCES LACTAMDURANS
 IND: SSSI--often used to manage SSSI during colerectal surgery; Human bite
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        | CEFOTAN 2ND GEN; LA (STRUCTURAL CLASS: CEPHAMYCINS)
 PRODUCED BY STREPTOMYCES LACTAMDURANS
 > 80% PPB
 HAVE METHYLTHIOTETRAZOLE STRUCTURE (CH3ST4AZOLE)--CAUSES INCREASED BLEEDING TENDENCY
 AE: Alcohol intolerance--Disulfuram like effects
 IND: Human Bite
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        | ZEFAZONE 2ND GEN; LA (STRUCTURAL CLASS: CEPHAMYCINS)
 PRODUCED BY STREPTOMYCES LACTAMDURANS
 AE: Alcohol intolerance--Disulfuram like effects
 IND: Human bite
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        | Term 
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        | MONOCID 2ND GEN; LA
 LA admin on QD basis
 BONE DISTRIBUTION
 > 80% PPB
 HAVE METHYLTHIOTETRAZOLE STRUCTURE (CH3ST4AZOLE)--CAUSES INCREASED BLEEDING TENDENCY
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        | LORABID 2ND GEN (STRUCTURAL CLASS: CARBACEPHEM)
 ORAL ADMIN
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        | Term 
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        | CEFZIL 2ND GEN--also properties of 3rd GEN
 ORAL ADMIN
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        | Term 
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        | PRECEF 2ND GEN
 BONE & BILE DISTRIBUTION
 > 80% PPB
 HAVE METHYLTHIOTETRAZOLE STRUCTURE (CH3ST4AZOLE)--CAUSES INCREASED BLEEDING TENDENCY
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        | CEFOBID 3RD GEN; LA
 BONE & BILE DISTRIBUTION
 distribution into the bile is a major factor in the pharmacokinetics of Cefobid--major route of excretion is BILE--concern for pts with hepatic dysfunction
 LA--GIVEN 2X DAY
 > 80% PPB
 HAVE METHYLTHIOTETRAZOLE STRUCTURE (CH3ST4AZOLE)--CAUSES INCREASED BLEEDING TENDENCY
 AE: Alcohol intolerance--Disulfuram like effects
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        | CLAFORAN 3RD GEN; SA q4h
 CNS DISTRIBUTION
 IND: LOWER RTI (e.g Bronchitis, ABECB, CAP); SSSI--often used to manage SSSI during colerectal surgery; HACEK-induced endocarditis; Lyme disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi; empirical mgmt of meningitis in child or infant not caused by pseudomonas aeruginosa; STDs (gonorrhea and chancroid); Cat bite fever (b/c you often have Pasteurella involved)
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        | CEFIZOX 3RD GEN
 BONE & CNS DISTRIBUTION
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        | MOXAM 3RD GEN (STRUCURAL CLASS: OXACEPHEM)
 CNS DISTRIBUTION
 HAVE METHYLTHIOTETRAZOLE STRUCTURE (CH3ST4AZOLE)--CAUSES INCREASED BLEEDING TENDENCY--critical for MOxam b/c it has been known to cause death b/c of hyperprothombinemia that it produces which leads to bleeding
 AE: Alcohol intolerance--Disulfuram like effects
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        | ROCEPHIN 3RD GEN; LA q24h
 BILE & CNS DISTRIBUTION
 > 80% PPB
 IND: LOWER RTI (e.g Bronchitis, ABECB, CAP); HACEK-induced endocarditis; Lyme disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi; empirical mgmt of meningitis in child or infant not caused by pseudomonas aeruginosa; STDs (gonorrhea and chancroid)--Rocephin is DOC for the inital mgmt of gonorrhea (200mg IM ONCE)
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        | FORTAZ 3RD GEN
 BONE DISTRIBUTION
 GIVEN PARENTRALLY
 among all cephalosporins FORTAZ is the best one for the management of pseudomonas aeruginosa infns (e.g meningitis)--usually given concurrently with aminoglycosides for the mgmt of serious meningitis
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        | 3RD GEN NOT VERY OFTEN USED
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        | SPECTRACEF 3RD GEN; LA
 PRODRUG: b/c it has to undergo hydrolysis by esterases before the active moiety is released
 Ind:limited to the respiratory tract and the skin--mainly used for ABECB, CAP, & SSSI
 Admin ORALLY 200MG PO BID
 > 80% PPB
 HAVE METHYLTHIOTETRAZOLE STRUCTURE (CH3ST4AZOLE)--CAUSES INCREASED BLEEDING TENDENCY
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        | VANTIN 3RD GEN; LA
 ORAL ADMIN
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        | Term 
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        | OMNICEF Mostly used 3RD GEN; LA
 ORAL ADMIN
 Ind: UPPER RTI: OTITIS MEDIA
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        | CEDAX 3RD GEN; LA
 ORAL ADMIN
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        | Term 
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        | SUPRAX 3RD GEN
 ORAL ADMIN
 Ind: UPPER RTI: OTITIS MEDIA
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        | MAXIPIME ONLY 4TH GEN THAT IS CURRENTLY USED CLINICALLY
 CNS DISTRIBUTION
 100% RENAL EXCRETION
 IND: EMPIRICAL MGMT OF NOSOCOMIAL INFN. PARTICULARY WHEN THESE INFN. ARE CAUSED BY CITROBACTER FREUNDII, ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES, OR SERRATIA MARCESCENS SPS.
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        | CEFROM 4TH GEN-- COMING OUT SOON
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        | 4TH GEN IN TRIAL ALREADy OF CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE B/C IT IS A PRECURSOR TO THE 5TH GEN CEFTAROLINE(TEFLARO)
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        | ZEVLERA 5TH GEN
 INTERACTS WITH PBP 2a (most other cephs interact with PBP 1 & 3)
 used for the mgmt of MRSA infns especially when it is causing SSSI
 also used for the mgmt of RTI especially when caused by Strep. pneumoniae, or even when caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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        | TEFLARO 5TH GEN
 INTERACTS WITH PBP 2a (most other cephs interact with PBP 1 & 3)
 ONLY ADMIN IV
 400-600MG Q12H X 5D for mgmt of RTI like CAP (community acquired pneumonia) and ABECB (acute bacterial exacerbation of chronic bronchitis)
 400-600MG Q12H X 10D for mgmt of SSSI particularly when caused by Staph (including MRSA), Strep, E.coli, & Klebsiella
 very effective when infecting organism is either Strep. pneumoniae, Staph. aureus (including MRSA), E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, & Haemophilus influenza
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