Antibiotic Susceptibility Tests are conducted in microbiological laboratories to study the effect of an antibiotic on the growth of a microbe. The most common method to study antibiotic susceptibility includes the Kirby-Bauer Method. In this method, small discs saturated with antibiotic is placed on the plate containing the bacteria. A zone of inhibition of growth around the disc is observed to study the susceptibility of the microbe to the antibiotic. Cefpodoxime is a product manufactured by Micromaster. It is an antibacterial antiprotozoal antibiotic. The drug comes under the category of a third generation cephalosporin antibiotic. The drug is known to have activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative species. It is commonly used to treat infections such as pharyngitis, sinusitis, gonorrhoea, etc. Some of the microbes susceptible to Cefpodoxime include, Streptococcus pyogenes, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria gonorrhoeae etc. The mechanism of inhibition of bacterial species by this drug is the inhibition of cell wall synthesis. The drug blocks the final step of cell wall synthesis mechanism, which is called transpeptidation.

Specifications:

Product name: Cefpodoxime

Brand: Micromaster

Molecular formula: C15H17N5O6S2

Molecular mass: 427.458 g/mol