The drug is usually administrated either by intramuscular injection (injection into a large muscle) or intravenous infusion (intravenous fluid into a vein).

Cefazolin is mainly used to treat bacterial infections of the skin. It can also be used to treat moderately severe bacterial infections involving the lung, bone, joint, stomach, blood, heart valve, and urinary tract. It is effective only against infections caused by staphylococci and streptococci species of bacteria. These organisms are common on normal human skin. Resistance to cefazolin is seen in several species of bacteria.

Side effects from cefazolin are not common. Possible side effect includes:

diarrhea
stomach pain
upset stomach
vomiting

Cefazolin is marketed under these tradenames: Ancef®, Cefacidal®, Cefamezin®, Cefrina®, Elzogram®, Gramaxin®, Kefazol®, Kefol®, Kefzol®, Kefzolan®, Kezolin®, Novaporin®, and Zolicef®

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Cefazolin better for preventing chest infections
From Healthcare Purchasing News, 3/1/01

Cefazolin provides better protection against wound infections following cardiac surgery than teicoplanin, according to a recent issue of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Researchers from Universite Laval in Quebec City, Canada, evaluated postoperative wound infections after randomizing 3,027 cardiac surgery patients exposed to both treatments. Thirty days after the procedures, teicoplanintreated patients tended to have deeper sternotomy wound infections than patients who received cefazolin.

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