Cefoperazone ndi mankhwala opha tizilombo a cephalosporin a m'badwo wachitatu omwe amagwira ntchito mwamphamvu motsutsana ndi mabakiteriya osiyanasiyana a Gram-negative. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri m'malo azachipatala pochiza matenda osiyanasiyana ndipo amapezeka kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito ndi makolo.