Yorker (1g) 1 Injection

Cefotaxime

injection

This injection is indicated in Infections of the respiratory tract, kidney, urinary tract and reproductive organs, including gonorrhoea, septicaemia, endocarditis, meningitis. Infections of bone, joint, soft tissues and skin. Abdominal infections, infections of ear and throat. Infected burns and wounds. Infections in gynaecology and obstetrics. For treatment or prophylaxis of in patients with reduced resistance (dose and number of infections depend on the clinical picture and the local resistance situation)

Pain at inj site, phlebitis, hypersensitivity reactions. GI upset, candidiasis, eosinophilia, neutropenia, leucopenia, granulocytopenia, agranulocytosis, thrombocytopenia, haemolytic anaemia, raised liver enzymes. Rarely, pseudomembranous colitis. Risk of encephalopathy and changes in renal function with high doses. Positive Coomb's test

Penicillin sensitivity. Severe renal failure. Monitor blood count if treatment exceeds 10 days