cefoxitin
Noun
Meaning
cefoxitin (uncountable)
(pharmacology) A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.
Examples
Another alternative is to use a parenteral regimen with ceftriaxone or cefoxitin plus doxycycline.
Cephamycins ( cefoxitin and cefotetan ) are not hydrolyzed by majority of ESBLs, but are hydrolyzed by associated AmpC-type β-lactamase.
Pollock, p. 77 The resistance to cefoxitin and clindamycin in turn was attributed to Braine's and Hartnell's contact with microorganisms that naturally produce them or random mutation in the chromosomes of Clostridium strains.