Effective in community-acquired
pneumonia (especially if causitive agent may be
ß-lactamase producing H. influenzae or Klebsiella
pneumoniae.
Only second-generation agent to cross
the blood-brain-barrier, but third-generation
agents ceftriaxone or cefotaxime are more
effective in treating menningitis.
Chambers, H.F., Hadley, W. K.
and Jawetz, E. Introduction to Antimicrobial Agents in
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, (Katzung, B. G., ed)
Appleton-Lange, 1998, p 734.
Cefuroxime