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meropenem

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-015100

A broad-spectrum carbapenem with antibacterial properties, synthetic Meropenem inhibits cell wall synthesis in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It penetrates cell walls and binds to penicillin-binding protein targets. Meropenem acts against aerobes and anaerobes including Klebsiella, E. coli, Enterococcus, Clostridium sp..

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-015100
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsmeropenem trihydrate
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-015100",
  "term": "meropenem",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A broad-spectrum carbapenem with antibacterial properties, synthetic Meropenem inhibits cell wall synthesis in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It penetrates cell walls and binds to penicillin-binding protein targets. Meropenem acts against aerobes and anaerobes including Klebsiella, E. coli, Enterococcus, Clostridium sp..",
  "synonyms": [
    "meropenem trihydrate"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/meropenem/"
}

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