cefoperazone/sulbactam

{{Short description|Antibiotic combination drug}}

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| drug_name = Sulcefozone

| type = combo

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| component1 = Cefoperazone

| class1 = β-Lactam antibiotic

| component2 = Sulbactam

| class2 = β-Lactamase inhibitor

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| tradename = Sulcefozone

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| pregnancy_category = C

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| legal_US = Discontinued{{cite web | url = https://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB01329 | title = Cefoperazone | publisher = DrugBank }}

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| legal_status = Rx-only

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| DrugBank = DB01329

| KEGG = D08772

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Cefoperazone/sulbactam is a combination drug used as an antibiotic. It is effective for the treatment of urinary tract infections.{{cite journal | vauthors = Greenberg RN, Reilly PM, Weinandt WJ, Bollinger M, Kennedy DJ | title = Cefoperazone-sulbactam combination in the treatment of urinary tract infections: efficacy, safety, and effects on coagulation | journal = Clinical Therapeutics | volume = 10 | issue = 1 | pages = 52–6 | date = 1987 | pmid = 3329965 }} It contains cefoperazone, a β-lactam antibiotic, and sulbactam, a β-lactamase inhibitor, which helps prevent bacteria from breaking down cefoperazone.{{cite journal | vauthors = Singh GS | title = Beta-lactams in the new millennium. Part-II: cephems, oxacephems, penams and sulbactam | journal = Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry | volume = 4 | issue = 1 | pages = 93–109 | date = January 2004 | pmid = 14754446 | doi = 10.2174/1389557043487547 }}