carbacephem


carbacephem

 [kahr″bah-sef´em] any of a class of antibiotics closely related to the cephalosporins in structure, antimicrobial activity, and use, but chemically more stable.

carbacephem

(kăr-bă-sĕph′ĕm) A class of broad-spectrum antibiotic drugs, derived from cephalosporins, that resist degradation by bacterial beta-lactamases. One drug in this class is loracarbef.