Farmakologik xususiyatlari
II avlod cefalosporin antibiotik, bakteritsid ta'sir ko'rsatadi, bakteriyalar hujayra devorini sintezini buzadi. Keng spektrli ta'sirga ega. Ko'pchilik beta-laktamazlarga chidamli. Aerob gram-pozitiv bakteriyalar Staphylococсus aureus, Staphylococсus epidermidis (penitsillinlarga chidamli shtammlar va kamdan-kam uchraydigan metitsillin-rezistent shtammlardan tashqari), Streptococсus pyohenes (va boshqa ß-gemolitik streptokoklar), Streptococсus pneumoniae, Streptococсus guruh B (Streptococсus agalactiae), Streptococсus mitis (viridans guruhi), Bordetella pertusis; aerob gram-negativ bakteriyalar Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., Proteus mirabilis, Providencia spp., Proteus rettgeri, Haemopilus influenzae (ampitsillin-rezistent shtammlar kiritilgan), Haemophilus patainfluenzae (ampitsillin-rezistent shtammlar kiritilgan), Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (penitsilinanaza ishlab chiqaruvchi va ishlab chiqarmaydigan shtammlar kiritilgan), Neisseria meningitides, Salmonella spp.; anaerob gram-negativ bakteriyalar Bacteroides spp, Fusobacterium spp., anaerob gram-pozitiv bakteriyalar Peptococcus spp, Peptostreptococcus spp, Clostridium spp.; shuningdek Borellia burgdorferiga nisbatan faol. Quyidagi turlarning ba'zi shtammlari tefuroksimga chidamli: Streptococcus (Enterococcus) faecalis, Morganella morganii, Proteus vulgaris, Enterobacter spp, Cutrobacter spp, Serratia spp., Bacteroides fragilis. In vitro tadqiqotlarda tefuroksimni aminoglikozidlar guruhi antibiotiklari bilan birgalikda qo'llaganda qo'shimcha ta'sir kuzatilgan, ba'zi hollarda esa sinergizm.