Cephalothin Sodium

DescriptionCefalothin is a β-lactam cephalosporin antibiotic. It inhibits the growth of various Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, including several strains of S. pyogenes, S. aureus, C. tetani, N. gonorrhoeae, Salmonella, and Shigella (MICs = 0.1-0.2, 0.312-0.625, 0.078, 1.25, 1.56-6.25, and 3.12-12.5 μg/ml, respectively). Cefalothin binds to E. coli penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs; IC50s = S. pyogenes, D. pneumoniae, and S. aureus. Formulations containing cefalothin were previously used in the prophylaxis and treatment of bacterial infections.

UsesCephalothin sodium salt is used to study the mechanism of liposome encapsulated antibiotics1, strategies for co-opting β-lactamases of Gram-negative bacteria for treatment of antibiotics2, and for immunology studies in relation to antibiotics.3 It is used to study the effect of expression, binding and inhibition of penicillin-binding proteins especially PBP6 on bacterial cell wall mucopeptide synthesis.

UsesAntibacterial;Bacterial transpeptidase inhibitor

UsesCephalothin is a first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic used to study the mechanism of liposome encapsulated antibiotics,strategies for co-opting β-lactamases of Gram-negative bacteria for treatment of antibiotics,and for immunology studies in relation to antibiotics.It is used to study the effect of expression, binding and inhibition of penicillin-binding proteins especially PBP6 on bacterial cell wall mucopeptide synthesis.

General DescriptionCephalothin, along with cephaloridine, was the first of the synthetic cephalosporin C class antibiotics to be introduced clinically. It was synthesized from 7-amino-cephalosporanic acid by Lilly Research Laboratories in 1962. Cephalothin shows strong activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and Leptospira, including benzylpenicillin-resistant strains. It has been used intravenously and intramuscularly to treat a variety of infections caused by Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, and Neisseria. The drug is metabolized in vivo, and the metabolite, deacetylcephalothin, is almost inactive.