A client being treated for cellulitis with a cephalosporin asks what the essential difference is between generations of this medication. The nurse should respond to the client's question based on what fact
The nurse should respond to the client's question based on fact that gram-negative bacteria are increasingly resistant to each succeeding generation.
What is cellulitis?
A typical skin illness caused by bacteria that can be dangerous.
The bacteria invade the skin in cellulitis.
Cellulitis may disseminate quickly. Skin damage causes it to appear bloated, red, and maybe hot and sensitive.
Cellulitis can be fatal if not treated with an antibiotic.
How cephalosporin acts against gram-negative bacteria ?
The antibacterial characteristics of cephalosporins are used to classify them into generations.
With less effectiveness against gram-positive bacteria, each successive generation of cephalosporins has much better gram-negative antibacterial capabilities than the one before it.
The concept of generations linked to pharmaceuticals is not adequately described by any of the remaining possibilities.
