 Carbapenems
"Carbapenems" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of beta-lactam antibiotics in which the sulfur atom in the thiazolidine ring of the penicillin molecule is replaced by a carbon atom. THIENAMYCINS are a subgroup of carbapenems which have a sulfur atom as the first constituent of the side chain.
| Descriptor ID |
D015780
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099.124 D04.075.080.875.099.221.124
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| Concept/Terms |
Carbapenems- Carbapenems
- Antibiotics, Carbapenem
- Carbapenem Antibiotics
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carbapenems" by people in Profiles.
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Tan MW, Lye DC, Ng TM, Nikolaou M, Tam VH. Mathematical model to quantify the effects of risk factors on carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Sep; 58(9):5239-44.
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Tam VH, Hirsch EB, Lasco TM, Gentry LO, Palmer HR. Correlation of hospital carbapenem consumption and resistance trends in selected gram-negative bacteria. Ann Pharmacother. 2012 Jul-Aug; 46(7-8):1120-2.
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Hirsch EB, Ledesma KR, Chang KT, Schwartz MS, Motyl MR, Tam VH. In vitro activity of MK-7655, a novel ß-lactamase inhibitor, in combination with imipenem against carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Jul; 56(7):3753-7.
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Santimaleeworagun W, Wongpoowarak P, Chayakul P, Pattharachayakul S, Tansakul P, Garey KW. In vitro activity of colistin or sulbactam in combination with fosfomycin or imipenem against clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii producing OXA-23 carbapenemases. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2011 Jul; 42(4):890-900.
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Santimaleeworagun W, Wongpoowarak P, Chayakul P, Pattharachayakul S, Tansakul P, Garey KW. Clinical outcomes of patients infected with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii treated with single or combination antibiotic therapy. J Med Assoc Thai. 2011 Jul; 94(7):863-70.
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Tam VH, Chang KT, LaRocco MT, Schilling AN, McCauley SK, Poole K, Garey KW. Prevalence, mechanisms, and risk factors of carbapenem resistance in bloodstream isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007 Jul; 58(3):309-14.
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