Ceftazidime and Ceftazidime/Avibactam Interaction
Drug interaction information between Ceftazidime and Ceftazidime/Avibactam.
Ceftazidime and Ceftazidime/Avibactam have a documented minor interaction in FDA labeling.
FDA drug labeling documents a minor-severity interaction between Ceftazidime and Ceftazidime/Avibactam. This page displays the available source-record category and label text. The category is not an individual risk estimate or medication-combination direction.
How They Interact
This medicine can interfere with certain lab tests, making it look like there is sugar in your urine when there is not.
FDA Label Information
7.2 Drug/Laboratory Test Interactions The administration of ceftazidime may result in a false-positive reaction for glucose in the urine with certain methods.
Ceftazidime/Avibactam Also Interacts With
- Probenecid moderate
Frequently Asked Questions
What SPL severity band is on file for Ceftazidime + Ceftazidime/Avibactam?
Compiled FDA labeling labels this pair minor. That is a source-record field, not an individual medication-combination decision.
How many labeled pairs sit in each drug's minor band?
Ceftazidime and Ceftazidime/Avibactam tie at 2 labeled pairs each. minor-band counts: Ceftazidime 2 alongside Furosemide; Ceftazidime/Avibactam 1.
What mechanism field is on file for Ceftazidime and Ceftazidime/Avibactam?
This medicine can interfere with certain lab tests, making it look like there is sugar in your urine when there is not.
Ceftazidime and Ceftazidime/Avibactam · minor-band peers
SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is minor · classes on file: Ceftazidime (Third-Generation Cephalosporin); Ceftazidime/Avibactam (Cephalosporin / Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor).
0 major · 1 moderate · 1 minor · 2 total
Ceftazidime/Avibactam has no other minor-band peer in this dataset besides Ceftazidime.
Sources: FDA Drug Labels (SPL) via openFDA (2026). This is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. This registry does not provide individual medication-combination directions.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.