Keflex

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Overview:

Keflex
(when available)

Pharmacology and use:
Cefuroxime, a second-generation cephalosporin, is used to treat severe upper and lower respiratory tract infections, skin infections, otitis media, and surgical prophylaxis. For the treatment of the following infections (respiratory, skin, soft tissue, urinary tract infections, ear, nose, throat infectsion) caused by; S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, staphylococci, S. pyogenes (group A ß-hemolytic streptococci), E. coli, P. mirabilis, Klebsiella sp, coagulase-negative staph. Also used to treat acute bacterial bronchitis in patients with COPD

Mechanism Of Action:
Cefuroxime, like the penicillins, is a beta-lactam antibiotic. By binding to specific penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) located inside the bacterial cell wall, it inhibits the third and last stage of bacterial cell wall synthesis. Cell lysis is then mediated by bacterial cell wall autolytic enzymes such as autolysins; it is possible that cefuroxime interferes with an autolysin inhibitor.

News Articles on Cefuroxime

Lifeline for biotech  -  03 Jul 2008
MiddleBrook will also buy back rights to Keflex, a drug the company previously sold to raise funds. The remaining money from the Equity Group investment Baltimore Sun,

Kim Looks Great After a Face Lift  -  Jun 20, 2008
I had to get a RX of Keflex antibiotics for after the surgery, and some pain killers. Make Me Heal: How were you feeling the night before the surgery and on Make Me Heal,

Evaluation and Management of the Infected Total Hip and Knee  -  Jun 25, 2008
Furthermore, a recent advisory statement provided by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons discussed routine prophylaxis with keflex, amoxicillin, Ortho SuperSite,

LOCAL BRIEFING  -  May 13, 2008
Revenue rose 35 percent, to $2.4 million, on higher sales of the anti-infection drug Keflex. The Securities and Exchange Commission settled claims against a Washington Post,

A script for safety  -  Jun 21, 2008
The error was attributed to a pharmacy tech entering Keppra, an anti-epileptic drug, instead of Keflex, an antibiotic, into the computer system, Carroll County Times (subscription),

'Oxygen may not have saved her life'  -  Jun 13, 2008
Prof JJ Joubert a locum after a telephonic consultation with Dr JF Eloff, prescribed an antibiotic, Keflex, and Myprodol, while pharmacist Dirk du Toit Helderberg.com,

Pharmaceutical company shopping for a buyer  -  Jun 10, 2008
Middlebrook continued to do well selling its 750 mg strength Keflex capsules. It also received FDA approval of a New Drug Application for its once-daily Stockhouse,

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2008 Results  -  May 13, 2008
During the first quarter, MiddleBrook continued the commercialization of its 750 mg strength Keflex capsules through a targeted and dedicated national Earthtimes (press release),

Sore throats vs. strep throat: The lowdown  -  May 9, 2008
For those allergic to penicillin or amoxicillin, there are several alternatives, such as Keflex or Zithromax. Strep throat is contagious, but not as much as Scotts Valley Banner,

LOCAL BRIEFING  -  May 13, 2008
Revenue rose 35 percent, to $2.4 million, on higher sales of the anti-infection drug Keflex. The Securities and Exchange Commission settled claims against a Washington Post,

Jenny “Martzâ€? Peterson Fund Raiser  -  Apr 5, 2008
Jenny Peterson lost her eye site in 1976, when she had a severe reaction to a common antibiotic called Keflex and Bicillin which is a type of Penicillin. KTIV,

Sigma Annual Report to shareholders  -  Apr 20, 2008
Prior to her infective portfolio of Ceclor and Pharmacy Finance program, appointment, she was General Keflex, where he successfully his current role Sydney Morning Herald,

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year ...  -  Mar 4, 2008
During the fourth quarter, MiddleBrook continued the commercialization of its 750 mg strength Keflex capsules through a targeted and dedicated national FOXBusiness

MiddleBrook narrows loss, considers future  -  Mar 4, 2008
Revenue in 2007 was generated by sales of Keflex, a drug whose rights MiddleBrook purchased. Moxatag is the first drug MiddleBrook has developed. Bizjournals.com,

BeaconEquity.com - MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (MBRK)  -  Mar 3, 2008
In addition, MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals sells its Keflex products in both capsule and powder formulations for the treatment of skin and skin structure TransWorldNews (press release),

The ugly truth about life with a 'superbug'  -  Feb 22, 2008
He gave me an antibiotic called Keflex for a skin infection, but the pimple just got bigger, hotter, harder, and redder. Sitting was almost impossible. CNN

MiddleBrook Pharma Posts Wider-than-Expected Q4 Loss; Revenue More ...  -  Mar 4, 2008
Total revenue resulting entirely from net Keflex product sales for the quarter, jumped to $2.86 million from $1.24 million in the year-ago quarter but fell Trading Markets (press release),

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full ...  -  Feb 29, 2008
The Company currently markets the Keflex(R) brand of cephalexin and has received regulatory approval for MOXATAG(TM) -- the first and only once-daily CNNMoney.com (press release)

Student scientist disqualified  -  Mar 8, 2008
The science-savvy girl hypothesized that keflex antibiotics, which are used to fight strep throat and ear infections, would kill the most bacteria. Tracy Press,

News Summary - 3/05  -  Mar 4, 2008
MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals Inc., the Germantown-based maker of the antibiotic Keflex, reported fourth-quarter revenue of $10.5 million in fiscal 2007, Daily Record (subscription),

How is strep throat detected by the doctor?  -  Feb 5, 2008
Ery-Tab, PCE, Pediazole, Ilosone)], azithromycin (Zithromax), and clarithromycin (Biaxin), and Cephalosporins [cephalexin (Keflex, Keftabs, Biocef )]. TamilStar.com,

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals Closes Private Placement of Common ...  -  Jan 30, 2008
The Company currently markets the Keflex(R) brand of cephalexin and has received regulatory approval for MOXATAG(TM) -- the first and only once-daily CNNMoney.com

Moxatag approval a crucial first for MiddleBrook  -  Jan 28, 2008
One of these involved selling to a major shareholder, Deerfield Management, US rights to the first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic Keflex (cephalexin), In-PharmaTechnologist.com,

MiddleBrook stock soars 139% over time-release antibiotic  -  Jan 25, 2008
When it completes its strategic process, MiddleBrook hopes to have a partner who can finance a pivotal test of timed-released Keflex, a version of another Baltimore Sun,

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals wins OK from FDA  -  Jan 24, 2008
While the company has been selling several doses of Keflex, a drug it bought from Eli Lilly & Co. in 2004, it sold the rights to that drug to investors to Bizjournals.com,

BUYINS.NET: LPHI, MBRK, MKTAY, NURO, NVEC, VEXP Have Also Been ...  -  Feb 5, 2008
The company's pulsatile product candidates include Amoxicillin PULSYS for adults and adolescents with pharyngitis and/or tonsillitis; and Keflex PULSYS Insurance News Net (press release),

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals to Present at BIO CEO & Investor ...  -  Feb 5, 2008
The Company currently markets the Keflex(R) brand of cephalexin and has received regulatory approval for MOXATAG(TM) -- the first and only once-daily CNNMoney.com

OTCPicks.com Daily Market Movers Digest Midday Report  -  Jan 8, 2008
Currently, over 50% of cephalexin prescriptions are written by Primary Care Specialists which makes Keflex® 750 mg a highly synergistic addition to Auriga's TransWorldNews (press release),

MiddleBrook Soars on FDA OK of Once-Daily Strep Antibiotic  -  Jan 24, 2008
The company currently markets Keflex, a cephalexin product the firm acquired in June 2004 from Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., Bannon said. BioWorld Online,

Auriga and MiddleBrook to co-promote oral antiskin infection drug  -  Jan 8, 2008
Cephalexin, the generic form of Keflex, is said to be the number-one recommended oral antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated skin and skin structure Trading Markets (press release),

FDA Approves MiddleBrook's Amoxicillin PULSYS for Pharyngitis ...  -  Jan 24, 2008
...(15) successfully attract and retain collaborative partners, (16) successfully commercialize and gain market acceptance for its Keflex products, CNNMoney.com

RealPennies.com: RealPennies.com: Turning Pennies into dollars ...  -  Jan 28, 2008
The company's pulsatile product candidates include Amoxicillin PULSYS for adults and adolescents with pharyngitis and/or tonsillitis; and Keflex PULSYS Trading Markets (press release),

Constant struggle to conquer bacteria  -  Jan 28, 2008
...easy" in the 1970s to make new antibiotics such as cephalosporins - a penicillin-like family of drugs that includes well-known products such as Keflex. San Francisco Chronicle,

The skinny on antibiotics  -  Jan 20, 2008
Biaxin and Zithromax), the Fluoroquinolones (Cipro, Levaquin and Floxin), the Cephalosporins (Keflex) and Sulfonamides (Bactrim, Proloprim). Houston Chronicle,

10 Prior Patients Of Dr. Pancake Allege Negligence, Fraud  -  Dec 11, 2007
Dr. Pancake provided Ms. Ramsey with Keflex, 2 Lunestas, 10 Mepergan for pain and 10 Ultracet for pain. Ms. Ramsey was instructed by Dr. Pancake’s office to The Chattanoogan,

My sweet, sweet lost and broken boy  -  Nov 30, 2007
...erythromycin (ever wider on the spectrum of antibiotic strength), cisipride, Keflex, Betnovate, flamazine, lactulose, colace, chloral hydrate. Globe and Mail,

middlebrook Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results  -  Nov 14, 2007
During the third quarter, middlebrook continued the commercialization of its 750 mg strength Keflex capsules through a targeted and dedicated national CNNMoney.com

middlebrook Pharmaceuticals sells product line to bolster ...  -  Nov 8, 2007
...middlebrook Pharmaceuticals Inc. is selling its Keflex antibiotic line to a major shareholder for $7.5 million, money the biotech will use to continue Bizjournals.com,

middlebrook Pharmaceuticals Raises Up to $10 Million from ...  -  Nov 7, 2007
Keflex is indicated for treatment of the following infections: respiratory tract infections, otitis media, skin and skin structure infections, CNNMoney.com

'Superbug' bumps up Cepheid  -  Nov 16, 2007
...to a hospital emergency room where doctors listened to his account and then prescribed a combination of two powerful antibiotics -- Keflex and Bactrim. San Jose Business Journal (Subscription),

Good hygiene key to combatting staph  -  Nov 6, 2007
...“MRSA is different from the old staph aureus which was resistant to the old antibiotics such as Keflex because MRSA seems to go throught the skin easier The Enterprise Ledger,

MRSA Q&A with Dr. Tooker  -  Oct 23, 2007
He is on 500mg of Keflex every 8 hours, and seems to be doing well. His fever has broken, and the cellulitis seems to be calming down (color and swelling is WWMT,

Family endures 3-year battle with staph  -  Oct 20, 2007
They put him on Keflex and an ointment. But the boils kept returning. Then it started passing through our family. “I had five boils. The Tribune-Democrat,

Lack of oxygen played 'vital role' in Heloïse's death  -  Oct 4, 2007
The Keflex was subsequently replaced by pharmacist Dirk du Toit with a generic drug, Ranceph. Mrs M van Heerden for the State, and attorney Vlakkies du Toit Helderberg.com,

Blind Siouxland Woman Hopes To Regain Vision  -  Sep 23, 2007
Jenny Peterson lost her eye site in 1976, when she had a severe reaction to a common antibiotic called Keflex and Bicillin which is a type of Penicillin. KTIV,

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results  -  Aug 2, 2007
CNNMoney.comDuring the second quarter, MiddleBrook continued the commercialization of its recently launched 750 mg strength Keflex capsules through a targeted and

Skin condition affects 3 state prison officers  -  Jul 31, 2007
Republican & Herald,He was later given prescriptions for the antibiotics keflex and doxycycline, the anti-inflammatory naprosyn and vicodin, a pain medication.

LAW & ORDER  -  Jul 15, 2007
Times Daily (subscription),Theft: More than 190 prescription narcotic pills, including Keflex, Valium and Loratab were taken from a residence on Lauderdale 8, Florence.

Advancis Pharmaceutical Reports on Meeting with FDA Reviewing ...  -  Jun 26, 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),Based on the outcome of the meeting, the Company believes its planned non-inferiority Phase III clinical trial design and its regulatory strategy for Keflex

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Fix Reagan's Feet - Viewer Remedies  -  Jun 12, 2007
ABC 4,I also got a shot of Rocephin and was put on Keflex for a week. I had to soak my foot in hydrogen peroxide and water twice a day for a week and keep it

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Advancis Pharmaceutical Reports First Quarter 2007 Results  -  May 8, 2007
Earthtimes.orgDuring the first quarter, Advancis continued the commercialization of its recently launched 750mg strength Keflex capsules through a targeted and dedicated

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Everybody is Satis  -  May 15, 2007
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Advancis Pharmaceutical Appoints New Board Member  -  Apr 23, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...(16) successfully attract and retain collaborative partners, (17) successfully commercialize and gain market acceptance for its Keflex products,

Advancis Pharmaceutical Closes Private Placement of Common Equity ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...(16) successfully attract and retain collaborative partners, (17) successfully commercialize and gain market acceptance for its Keflex products,

Advancis Pharmaceutical Reports Full Year 2006 Results and 2007 ...  -  Mar 27, 2007
Earthtimes.orgProduct sales from the Company's Keflex(R) antibiotic made up all of the Company's revenue in 2006 and were $4.8 million for the year, essentially level

Fred Thompson's Cancer Isn't That Bad  -  Apr 12, 2007
The Chattanoogan,It can be cured with antibiotics namely Keflex. I know, I had it. If you have good doctors who keep up on what's going on that is.

Advancis to look at financing options  -  Mar 28, 2007
Bizjournals.com,The company now sells a skin infection treatment, Keflex, whose latest approved dosage has yielded lower-than-expected returns in the last eight months.

Advancis Posts Wider 4Q Loss  -  Mar 27, 2007
Forbes,Revenue fell to $1.2 million from $1.6 million, comprised entirely of sales of its Keflex antibiotic. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected a loss

Advancis Pharmaceutical (AVNNC) Reports a Q4 Loss, Issues Mixed ...  -  Mar 27, 2007
StreetInsider.com (subscription),Total revenue for 2007 is expected to be approximately $10 million to $14 million, resulting from Keflex product sales. Net loss for the year is expected to

Advancis Pharmaceutical Q4 Loss Widens; Guides FY07 - Quick Facts  -  Mar 27, 2007
Trading Markets,For the fiscal year 2007, the company expects revenue of $10 million to $14 million, resulting from Keflex product sales, and net loss of $36 million to $40

Lawyer says teen may be fit for trial  -  Apr 7, 2007
Boston Globe,Shapiro said Odgren was taking two psychotropic drugs, Trileptal and Concerta, as well an antibiotic, Keflex, for a toe infection.

Pulling for life  -  Apr 5, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,But months of treatment with both oral and intravenous antibiotics - Keflex, vancomycin and Bactrim - didn't help. So, without knowing a precise cause,

Advancis Pharmaceutical Resubmits New Drug Application for Once ...  -  Mar 29, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),...(12) successfully commercialize and gain market acceptance for its Keflex products, and (13) retain its senior management and other personnel.

Brand Names/Synonyms:
Keflex is also known by the following brand names and/or synonymsAncef; Biofuroksym; Ceclor; Ceclor Cd; Cedax; Cefditoren; Cefizox; Cefotan; Ceftin; Ceftizoxime Sodium; Cefurax; Cefuril; Cefuroxim; Cefuroxime; Cefuroxime Axetil; Cefuroxime Free Acid; Cefuroxime Sodium; Cefuroxime Sodium Salt; Cefuroxime [Usan:Ban:Inn]; Cefuroxime and Dextrose in Duplex Container; Cefuroximo [Inn-Spanish]; Cefuroximum [Inn-Latin]; Cefzil; Cephuroxime; Ceptaz; Duricef; Elobact; Fortaz; Keflex; Keftab; Kefurox; Kefurox in Plastic Container; Kerurox; Mandol; Maxipime; Mefoxin; Monocid; Omnicef; Oraxim; Rocephin; Sharox; Tazicef; Vantin; Velosef; Zinacef; Zinacef Danmark; Zinacef in Plastic Container; Zinat; Zinnat

Drug Category:
Keflex is categorized under the following by the FDA: Anti-bacterial Agents; Cephalosporins; ATC:J01DC02

Dosage Forms:
POWDER; POWDER FOR SOLUTION; TABLET

Absorption:
Well absorbed from the GI tract (bioavailability is 37-52%)

Interactions:
-->Interactions for Cefuroxime:

Drug/Laboratory Test Interactions: A false-positive reaction for glucose in the urine may occur with copper reduction tests (Benedictís or Fehlingís solution or with ClinitestÒ tablets) but not with enzyme-based tests for glycosuria. As a false-negative result may occur in the ferricyanide test, it is recommended that either the glucose oxidase or hexokinase method be used to determine blood plasma glucose levels in patients receiving cefuroxime.

Cefuroxime does not interfere with the assay of serum and urine creatinine by the alkaline picrate method.





Chemical IUPAC Name:
4-(carbamoyloxymethyl)-8-[2-(2-furyl)-2-methoxyimino-acetyl]amino-7-oxo-2-thia-6-azabicyclo[4.2.0]oct-4-ene-5-carboxylic acid

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