Drug Summary

  Drug name:  cefuroxime
  Chemical name:  Cefuroxime sodium salt
  Formula:  C₁₆H₁₆N₄O_{8  Weight:   424.385
  CAS no:  55268-75-2
  DrugBank link:  DB01112
  Description:  Broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic resistant to beta-lactamase. It has been proposed for infections with gram-negative and gram-positive organisms, gonorrhea, and haemophilus. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of many different types of bacterial infections such as bronchitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis, ear infections, skin infections, gonorrhea, and urinary tract infections.}