Drug Summary

  Drug name:  cefmetazole
  Chemical name:  Cefmetazole sodium salt
  Formula:  C₁₅H₁₇N₇O_{5  Weight:   471.534
  CAS no:  56796-20-4
  DrugBank link:  DB00274
  Description:  A semisynthetic cephamycin antibiotic with a broad spectrum of activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms. It has a high rate of efficacy in many types of infection and to date no severe side effects have been noted. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of infections caused by susceptible organisms.}