Cefmetazole sodium

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-012495",
  "term": "Cefmetazole sodium",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The sodium salt form of cefmetazole, a second-generation, semi-synthetic, beta-lactam cephalosporin antibiotic with antibacterial activity. Cefmetazole binds to penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs), transpeptidases that are responsible for crosslinking of peptidoglycan. By preventing crosslinking of peptidoglycan, cell wall integrity is lost and cell wall synthesis is halted.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/cefmetazole-sodium/"
}