Piperacillin

Product name : Piperacillin

CAS : 61477-96-1

Molecular Formula : C₂₃H₂₇N₅O₇S

Molecular Weight : 517.555

Product description :
Piperacillin is an extended spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic of the ureidopenicillin class.
It is normally used together with a beta-lactamase inhibitor such as tazobactam. The combination drug of piperacillin and tazobactam is commercially available as e.g. Tazocin, Zosyn or Brodactam and as TREZORA . The combination has activity against many Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens and anaerobes, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Its main uses are in intensive care medicine (pneumonia, peritonitis), some diabetes-related foot infections and empirical therapy in febrile neutropenia (e.g. after chemotherapy).