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Abstract Cephalosporin derivatives of the general formula in which R3 is a group of the formula (a) R60 and R65 are hydrogen or lower alkyl, R15-R19 are each independently hydrogen, halogen or hydroxy, n is zero or 1, R4 and R5 are each hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or amino, R7 is hydrogen or lower alkyl and R8 is lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl or mono-, di- or trihalophenyl, and Z is N or C-R9, where R9 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy; and, when R4 is fluoro, R5 and R7 are hydrogen, R8 is cyclopropyl and Z is C-H, R3 can also be one of the groups (b) (c) in which R61 and R66 are hydrogen or methyl, R15-R19 are as above and R90 is hydrogen, hydroxy, carboxy, amino or [[4-(lower alkyl)-2,3-dioxo-1-piperazinyl]carbonyl]amino; pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base addition salts thereof, hydrates of compounds of formula I and hydrates of such salts. The products have antibacterial activity. |