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Cefixime
Essential medicine status
General description
Cefixime is a third generation cephalosporin.
INN
Cefixime
ATC codes
J01DD08
Medicine type
Chemical agent
Antibiotic groups
WATCH
EML status history
First added in 2005 (TRS 933) for Gonococcal infection
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Cefixime
DrugBank
Cefixime
Recommendations
Section
Watch group antibiotics
  • Oral > Liquid: 100 mg per 5 mL powder for oral liquid
  • Oral > Solid: 200 mg (as trihydrate); 400 mg (as trihydrate)
Indications
Second choice
Infectious gastroenteritis or colitis without specification of infectious agent co-prescribed with azithromycin Gonococcal infection