Cefaclor
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| cefaclor (cephaclor) | |||||||
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| Uses: | antibiotic drug | ||||||
| Properties: | beta-lactam | ||||||
| Hazards: | see drug interactions | ||||||
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Cefaclor, also spelled as cephaclor, is a semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic drug used to treat a variety of bacterial infections. It is a second generation cephalosporin antibiotic with similar activities. It is similar in structure to cephalexin and is also similar to penicillin-like drugs because it contains a beta-lactam moiety which binds to and interferes with bacterial cell wall synthesis. It can be used to treat a wide variety of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobic bacteria.