Cross susceptibility and absence of cross resistance to cefotetan and cefoxitin.
Tests with 2,713 bacterial isolates (members of the family Enterobacteriaceae and gram-positive cocci) from 14 laboratories compared cefoxitin MICs with cefotetan MICs. Strains that were susceptible to cefoxitin could be assumed to be susceptible to cefotetan. Over half of the cefoxitin-resistant isolates of the Enterobacteriaceae were susceptible to cefotetan.
D015313:Cefotetan; D002440:Cefoxitin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002513:Cephamycins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests
D002513:Cephamycins; D015313:Cefotetan; D002440:Cefoxitin