Ceftriaxone is a third generation cephalosporin antibiotic for parenteral use, has a bactericidal effect, inhibits the synthesis of the cell membrane, in vitro Suppresses the growth of most gram-positive and gram-negative enzymes (both penicillinase and cephalosporinase, produced by most gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria). Effective against the following microorganisms:
Gram-positive
Staphylococcus aureus (including strains producing penicillinase), Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus viridans;
Note: Staphylococcus spp., resistant to methicillin, is resistant to cephalosporins, including ceftriaxone. Most strains of enterococci (for example, Streptococcus faecalis) also resistant to ceftriaxone.
Gram-negative
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterobacter cloacae, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae (including strains that form penicillinase), Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Klebsiella spp. (including Klebsiella pneumoniae), Moraxella catarrhalis, (including penicillin-producing strains), Morganella morganii, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (including strains that form penicillinase), Neisseria meningitidis, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, Providencia spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa (some strains are resistant), Salmonella spti. (including Salmonella typhi), Serratia spp. (including Serratia marcescens), Shigella spp., Vibrio spp. (at Tom number of Vibrio cholerae), Yersinia spp. ( at Tom number of Yersinia enterocolitica).
Note: many strains of these microorganisms, which in the presence of other antibiotics, for example penicillins, first-generation cephalosporins and aminoglycosides, are multiplying steadily, are sensitive to ceftriaxone. Treponema pallidum is sensitive to ceftriaxone as in vitro, and in experiments on animals. According to clinical data, in the primary and secondary syphilis, a good efficacy of ceftriaxone is noted.
Anaerobic pathogens
Bacteroides spp. (including some strains Bacteroides fragilis), Clostridium spp. (at Tom number of Clostridium difficile), Fusobacterium spp. (Besides Fusobacterium mostiferum, Fusobacterium varium), Peptococcus spp., Peptostreptococcus spp.
Note: some strains of many Bacteroides spp. (eg, Bacteroides fragilis), Developing beta-lactamase, resistant to ceftriaxone. To determine the sensitivity of microorganisms, discs containing ceftriaxone, since it is shown that in vitro to classical cephalosporins, certain strains of pathogens can be stable.