Allergic reactions: hyperthermia, skin rash, urticaria, skin itching, bronchospasm, eosinophilia, angioedema, arthralgia, anaphylactic shock, multiforme exudative erythema (including Stevens-Johnson syndrome).
From the nervous system: convulsions.
From the side of the urinary system: in patients with kidney disease in the treatment of large doses (6 g) - renal dysfunction (in these cases, the dose is reduced and the treatment is controlled by the dynamics of the concentration of urea nitrogen and creatinine in the blood).
From the digestive system: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, pseudomembranous enterocolitis, rarely - cholestatic jaundice, hepatitis.
On the part of the organs of hematopoiesis: leukopenia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, thrombocytosis, hemolytic anemia.
With long-term treatment - dysbacteriosis, superinfection caused by antibiotic-resistant strains, candidiasis (including candidiasis stomatitis).
Laboratory indicators: a positive Coombs reaction, an increase in the activity of "liver" transaminases, hypercreatininaemia, an increase in prothrombin time.
Local Reactions: with intramuscular injection - soreness (at the injection site), with intravenous injection - phlebitis.