The health care practitioner needs to give an intramuscular injection to a client for treatment of a sexually transmitted infection. A cephalosporin, Rocephin, is ordered IM. The health care practitioner knows that cephalosporins prescribed for STDs belong to which generation?

Rocephin is a third generation cephalosporins.

Explanation:

Cephalosporins are wide range of antibiotics and they are effective against a wide range of bacteria. They kill bacteria and work in a similar way like penicillins. There are three generations of cephalosporins.

STDs or sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea, syphilis chlamydia are caused by gram negative bacteria like Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Treponema pallidum or Streptococcus agalactiae etc.

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