"Thienamycins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Beta-lactam antibiotics that differ from PENICILLINS in having the thiazolidine sulfur atom replaced by carbon, the sulfur then becoming the first atom in the side chain. They are unstable chemically, but have a very broad antibacterial spectrum. Thienamycin and its more stable derivatives are proposed for use in combinations with enzyme inhibitors.
| Descriptor ID |
D013845
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099.124.300 D03.633.100.300.124.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Thienamycins- Thienamycins
- Antibiotics, Thienamycin
- Thienamycin Antibiotics
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thienamycins" by people in Profiles.
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Left-sided endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: successful treatment with meropenem and tobramycin. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 Oct; 47(2):427-30.
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Effect of highly potent antipseudomonal beta-lactam agents alone and in combination with aminoglycosides against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Rev Infect Dis. 1984 Sep-Oct; 6 Suppl 3:S678-88.
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Susceptibility of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates to N-formimidoyl thienamycin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1982 Nov; 22(5):926-9.