Contraindicated in:
Use Cautiously in:
CNS: SEIZURES, headache.
GI: CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE-ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA (CDAD), diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, nausea.
GU: vaginal moniliasis, vaginitis.
Derm: rash, pruritus.
Drug-Drug:
13 yr): 300 mg every 12 hr or 600 mg every 24 hr (twice daily dosing must be used for community-acquired pneumonia or uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections).Renal Impairment
13 yr): CCr <30 mL/min 300 mg every 24 hr.Renal Impairment
Spectrum:
-lactamase-producing strains),
-lactamase-producing strains),
-lactamase-producing strains).Therapeutic Classification: anti-infectives
Pharmacologic Classification: third generation cephalosporins
Absorption: 1625% absorbed after oral administration.
Distribution: Widely distributed.
Protein Binding: 6070%.
Metabolism/Excretion: Mostly excreted unchanged in urine.
Half-life: 1.7 hr (↑ in renal impairment).
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