Carbapenems - Antibiotics Class Overview


Imipenem/Cilastin, Meropenem, Ertapenem, Doripenem 


Spectrum: Broadest spectrum antibiotics, cover Gram positive, Gram negative including Pseudomonas (except Ertapenem) and ESBL (extended spectrum beta lactamase producers), also anaerobes.  

Used for: many serious infections due to resistant gram negatives, including hospital/health-care associated PNA, meningitis, intraabdominal infections, complicated skin and soft tissue infections


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