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Faropenem is closely related, but it is a penem, not a carbapenem. [43] Antimicrobial resistance. NDM-1 is an enzyme that introduces bacterial resistance to carbapenem antibiotics via hydrolysis of the carbapenem backbone, thereby inactivating its ability to inhibit cell wall synthesis.
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) have been defined as carbapenem-nonsusceptible and extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterobacter cloacae complex, Klebsiella pneumoniae, or Klebsiella oxytoca. Some exclude ertapenem resistance from the definition.
A carbapenam is a β-lactam compound that is a saturated carbapenem. [1] They exist primarily as biosynthetic intermediates on the way to the carbapenem antibiotics. Structure of (3S,5R)-carbapenam-3-carboxylic acid
The β-lactam core structures. (A) A penam.(B) A carbapenam.(C) An oxapenam.(D) A penem.(E) A carbapenem.(F) A monobactam.(G) A cephem.(H) A carbacephem.(I) An oxacephem. This is a list of common β-lactam antibiotics—both administered drugs and those not in clinical use—organized by structural class.
Meropenem, sold under the brand name Merrem among others, is an intravenous carbapenem antibiotic used to treat a variety of bacterial infections. [3] Some of these include meningitis, intra-abdominal infection, pneumonia, sepsis, and anthrax.
Thienamycin was the first among the naturally occurring class of carbapenem antibiotics to be discovered and isolated. [3] Carbapenems are similar in structure to their antibiotic “cousins” the penicillins. Like penicillins, carbapenems contain a β-lactam ring (cyclic amide) fused to a five-membered ring. Carbapenems differ in structure ...
Biapenem is a carbapenem antibiotic. It has in vitro activity against anaerobes. It has in vitro activity against anaerobes. [ 1 ] 1-β-methyl-carbapenem antibiotic.
Tebipenem (brand name Orapenem) is a broad-spectrum orally-administered antibiotic, from the carbapenem subgroup of β-lactam antibiotics.It was developed as a replacement drug to combat bacteria that had acquired antibiotic resistance to commonly used antibiotics.