Items for "imipenem"

Elevated plasma cysteinylglycine levels caused by cilastatin-associated antibiotic treatment

Imipenem (thienamycin formamidine), a broad-spectrum ?-lactam antibiotic, is always used in combination with cilastatin in order to avoid the premature breakdown of imipenem by renal tubular dipeptidase...

Keywords: aminothiols, cilastatin, cysteine, cysteinylglycine, glutathione, imipenem