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Medicine: meropenem
Prescribing competence required for Year 6Indication(s):
Broad spectrum activity against gram positive, gram negative and anaerobic organisms. Used in severe hospital-acquired infection and complex lower respiratory infections such as in cystic fibrosis
Broad spectrum activity against gram positive, gram negative and anaerobic organisms. Used in severe hospital-acquired infection and complex lower respiratory infections such as in cystic fibrosis
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Mechanism(s):
beta-lactamase resistant beta-lactam cell wall damage (Class: antibacterial: beta-lactam - carbapenem)
