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Cefpodoxime

頭孢泊肟

Mechanism of action:

Cefpodoxime 是一種第三代口服頭孢菌素抗生素(third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic)。Cefpodoxime 的 β-內醯胺(β-lactam)環可與細菌的青黴素結合蛋白(penicillin-binding proteins,PBPs)結合,抑制其轉肽酶(transpeptidase)活性,使肽聚醣(peptidoglycan)鏈無法交聯,最後細胞壁結構脆弱,因滲透壓而讓細菌裂解死亡。

​Reference(s):

Boaretti M et al. (1991). In vitro activity, beta-lactamase stability and PBP affinity of RU 51,746-2, the active metabolite of the new orally absorbed cephalosporin ester, RU 51807. J Chemother.

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