Abstract:
A cephem compound represented by general formula (I) and excellent in the bactericidal effect against various pathogenic bacteria, wherein Q represents CH or N; R1 represents carboxylate, etc.; R represents (II) or (III); R2 represents lower alkyl, etc.; n represents an integer of 0, 1 to 3; B- represents an anion; f represents 0 when R1 represents carboxylate and 1 when R1 represents carboxyl; and ring C represents a 5-membered heterocyclic group which contains at most four nitrogen atoms and may be substituted by lower alkyl.