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Preferred Name

Ceftriaxone Sodium

Synonyms

CEFTRIAXONE SODIUM

Ceftriaxone Sodium

Rocephin

Definitions

The sodium salt form of ceftriaxone, a beta-lactam, third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic with bactericidal activity. Ceftriaxone binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall. PBPs participate in the terminal stages of assembling the bacterial cell wall, and in reshaping the cell wall during cell division. Inactivation of PBPs interferes with the cross-linkage of peptidoglycan chains necessary for bacterial cell wall strength and rigidity. This results in the weakening of the bacterial cell wall and causes cell lysis. Compared to the second and first generation cephalosporins, ceftriaxone is more active against gram-negative bacteria and less active against gram-positive bacteria. Ceftriaxone also crosses the blood-brain barrier and reaches therapeutic concentrations in the central nervous system (CNS).

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C817

CAS_Registry

104376-79-6

Chemical_Formula

2C18H16N8O7S3.4Na.7H2O

code

C817

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C176424

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

Contributing_Source

FDA

DEFINITION

The sodium salt form of ceftriaxone, a beta-lactam, third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic with bactericidal activity. Ceftriaxone binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall. PBPs participate in the terminal stages of assembling the bacterial cell wall, and in reshaping the cell wall during cell division. Inactivation of PBPs interferes with the cross-linkage of peptidoglycan chains necessary for bacterial cell wall strength and rigidity. This results in the weakening of the bacterial cell wall and causes cell lysis. Compared to the second and first generation cephalosporins, ceftriaxone is more active against gram-negative bacteria and less active against gram-positive bacteria. Ceftriaxone also crosses the blood-brain barrier and reaches therapeutic concentrations in the central nervous system (CNS).

FDA_UNII_Code

023Z5BR09K

FULL_SYN

CEFTRIAXONE SODIUM

Ceftriaxone Sodium

Rocephin

Has_Free_Acid_Or_Base_Form

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C62020

label

Ceftriaxone Sodium

Legacy Concept Name

Ceftriaxone

NCI_Drug_Dictionary_ID

41088

PDQ_Closed_Trial_Search_ID

41088

PDQ_Open_Trial_Search_ID

41088

Preferred_Name

Ceftriaxone Sodium

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C817

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

Pharmacologic Substance

Antibiotic

UMLS_CUI

C0035750

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C357

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