Parenteral qo‘llash uchun III-avlod tsefalosporin antibiotigi.
Bakteritsid ta’sirga ega.
Ta’sir mexanizmi tseftazidimni mikroorganizmlar hujayra devorining sintezini buzish qobiliyatiga bog‘liq.
Keng ta’sir doirasiga ega.
Ko‘pchilik beta-laktamazalar ta’siriga chidamlidir.
Tseftazidim grammanfiy bakteriyalar: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas spp., (shu jumladan, Pseudomonas pseudomallei), Klebsiella spp, (shu jumladan, Klebsiella pneumoniae), Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, Morganella morganii, Providencia rettgeri, Providencia spp., Escherichia coli, Enterobacter spp., Citrobacter spp., Serratia spp., Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, Pasteurella multocida, Acinetobacter spp., Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitides, Haemophilus influenzae (shu jumladan, ampitsillinga rezistent shtammlari), Haemophilus parainfluenzae (shu jumladan, ampitsillinga rezistent shtammlari); grammusbat bakteriyalar: Staphylococcus aureus (metitsillinga sezgir shtammlari), Staphylococcus epidermidis (metitsilinga sezgir shtammlari), Micrococcus spp., Streptococcus pyogenes, (A guruhiga mansub β-gemolitik streptokokk), Streptococcus ning V guruhi (Streptococcus agalactiae), Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus spp.
(Streptococcus faecalis dan tashqari); anaerob bakteriyalar: Peptococcus spp., Peptostreptococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Propionibacterium spp., Clostridium perfringens, Fusobacterium spp., Bacteroides spp.
(Bacteroides fragilis ning ko‘pchilik shtammlari rezistent hisoblanadi) ga nisbatan faol.
Tseftazidim metitsillinga rezistent stafilokokklar, Streptococcus faecalis va boshqa Yenterococci, Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter spp.
va Clostridium difficile ko‘pchilik shtammlariga nisbatan faol emas.