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MeSH Heading: Carbapenems
Tree Number(s): D02.065.589.099.124; D03.633.100.300.124
Unique ID: D015780
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015780
Scope Note: A group of beta-lactam antibiotics in which the sulfur atom in the thiazolidine ring of the penicillin molecule is replaced by a carbon atom. THIENAMYCINS are a subgroup of carbapenems which have a sulfur atom as the first constituent of the side chain.
Entry Term(s): Antibiotics, Carbapenem; Carbapenem
Registry Number: 0
Previous Indexing: Antibiotics (1966-1982); Antibiotics, Lactam (1983-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/25
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Carbapenems MeSH Descriptor Data 2023