Kayayyaki

Tsarin cephalosporin daidai yake da na penicillin.Yafi yin tasiri na ƙwayoyin cuta ta hanyar tsoma baki tare da kira na peptidoglycan, babban bangaren bangon kwayoyin cutar.Farkon ƙarni na cephalosporins yafi aiki akan gram-tabbatacce cocci, ciki har da methicillin-m staphylococci, β-hemolytic streptococcus da pneumococcus, amma methicillin-resistant staphylococci, penicillin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae da Enterococcus.Har ila yau yana da wasu ayyukan kashe kwayoyin cuta daga gram-negative bacilli irin su Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, da Proteus mirabilis (indole negative);yana kuma da aikin kashe kwayoyin cuta a kan anaerobes na baka;Mafi yawan amfani da iri sun haɗa da cefazolin, cephalexin da cefradine, wanda cefazolin yana da ƙananan nephrotoxicity.