PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - BMJ Publishing Group Ltd TI - Cefamandole, cefuroxime and cefoxitin AID - 10.1136/dtb.17.9.35 DP - 1979 Apr 27 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 35--36 VI - 17 IP - 9 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/17/9/35.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/17/9/35.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1979 Apr 27; 17 AB - Three new parenteral antibiotics have recently been introduced particularly for hospital use. Cefamandole (Kefadol) and cefuroxime (Zinacef) are cephalosporins. Cefoxitin (Mefoxin) is the first in a new class of compounds, the cephamycins.