Cefuroxime Sodium Injection 750mg, 1500mg Suppliers & Bulk Manufacturers

Available Forms: Injection

Available Strengths: 750mg, 1500mg

Reference Brands: Zinacef (USA/EU/UK)

Category: Antibiotics

Cefuroxime injection is used to treat certain infections caused by bacteria including pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract (lung) infections; meningitis (infection of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord); gonorrhea (a sexually transmitted disease); and skin, blood, bone, joint, and urinary tract infections.

Product Description:

Cefuroxime is a second-generation cephalosporin, and the sodium salt is its parenteral form. It offers reliable activity against streptococci and methicillin-susceptible staphylococci with Gram-negative cover including Haemophilus influenzae, and greater beta-lactamase stability than first-generation agents. Its established uses are community-acquired pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infection, and surgical prophylaxis where broader Gram-negative cover than cefazolin is wanted.

It is supplied as powder for injection at 750 mg and 1.5 g.

A distinction worth keeping straight: cefuroxime sodium is the injectable; cefuroxime axetil is an oral prodrug ester. They are different products with different registrations, and a specification stating only "cefuroxime" with a milligram strength is ambiguous.

Sourcing notes. WHO classifies cefuroxime under Watch. It appears on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and carries substantial hospital tender volume, particularly in surgical prophylaxis protocols. Manufacture requires sterile powder-filling approval at the specific plant. Generic supply is well established and pricing competitive, so plant approval and shelf life at receipt usually determine the award rather than price alone.