Third generation cephalosporin antibiotic. Prepn: R. Heymes, A. Lutz, DE 2713272; eidem, US 4396618 (1977, 1983 both to Roussel-UCLAF); R. Bucourt et al., Tetrahedron 34, 2233 (1978). Prepn of the pivaloyloxymethyl ester: M. Ochiai et al., DE 2715385; eidem, US 4680390 (1977, 1987 both to Takeda). Antibacterial spectrum: M. G. Thomas, S. D. R. Lang, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 29, 945 (1986). HPLC determn in biological fluids: R. Wyss, F. Bucheli, J. Chromatogr. 430, 81 (1988). Pharmacokinetics: K. Stoeckel et al., Curr. Med. Res. Opin. 11, 432 (1989). Multicenter clinical trial: L. Bernstein-Hahn et al., ibid. 442.
Antibacterial.
Antibacterial (Antibiotics); β-Lactams; Cephalosporins