Action of cefoxitin and cefamandole on human neutrophil function.

Polymorphonuclear neutrophilic leukocyte chemotaxis was examined in vitro in the presence to two new antibiotics: cefamandole and cefoxitin. Results indicate that cefamandole inhibited neutrophil chemotaxis to a significant degree only at high antibiotic concentrations of 100 microgram/ml (P less than 0.01) and has no significant effect at normal serum therapeutic range. Cefoxitin was found to produce a 43% inhibition (P less than 0.01) of human in vivo neutrophil chemotaxis at antibiotic concentrations of 100 microgram/ml and have a minimal inhibitory effect (1 approximately 9%) at low concentrations (1 approximately 5 microgram/ml). Both cefamandole and cefoxitin had no significant effect on opsonophagocytosis.