Ertapenem

BeschreibungErtapenem is another synthetic carbapenem with a rather complex side chain at C-3. It is used once daily parenterally, with special application against anaerobes. As with meropenem, the 4-β-methyl group confers stability toward dehydropeptidase-1 It is not active against pseudomonads or acinetobacteria and, therefore, should not be substituted for imipenem or meropenem. It is relatively strongly bound to serum proteins, so it has a prolonged half-life, making it more convenient to use than the other carbapenems when its spectrum warrants this. Its reported indications include complicated intra-abdominal and complicated skin/skin structure infections caused by sensitive organisms (for intra-abdominal: Escheri chia coli, Clostri di um clostri doforme, Bacteroi des fragilis, and Peptostreptococcus sp; for skin/skin structures: Staphylococcus aureus (methicillin-susceptible strains), Streptococcus pyogenes, E.coli, or Peptostreptococcus sp.). It can be administered once daily.

VerwendenErtapenem is a long-acting parenteral cabapenem. Ertapenem has bactericidal activity against a variety of gram-negative pathogens, some gram positive strains, and Haemopilus influenzae. Ertapenem has shown to inactivate L,D-transpeptidase, an enzyme responsible for in vitro cross-linking of Mycobacterium tuberculosis peptidoglycan.