Definition: A group of broad-spectrum antibiotics first isolated from the Mediterranean fungus ACREMONIUM. They contain the beta-lactam moiety thia-azabicyclo-octenecarboxylic acid also called 7-aminocephalosporanic acid.
Other names Antibiotics, Cephalosporin; Cephalosporin Antibiotics; Acids, Cephalosporanic; Cephalosporanic Acids
cefditoren pivoxil [ (-)-(6R,7R)-2,2-dimethylpropionyloxymethyl 7-((Z)-2-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-2-methoxyiminoacetamido)-3-((Z)-2-(4-methylthiazol-5-yl)ethenyl)-8-oxo-5-thia-1-azabicyclo(4.2.0)oct-2-ene-2-carboxylate,7-(2-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-2-(methoxyimino)acetamido)-3-(2-(4-methylthiazol-5-yl)ethenyl)cephem-4-carboxylic acid pivaloyloxymethyl ester,CDTR-PI,ME 1207,ME-1207,Spectracef ] structure in first source; ME 1207 is the pivaloyloxymethyl ester of ME 1206