Why Does Meropenem Work?

Meropenem injection is in a class of medications called antibiotics. It works by killing bacteria that cause infection. Antibiotics such as meropenem injection will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections.

What infection does meropenem treat?

Meropenem is approved for use in complicated intra-abdominal infection (cIAI), complicated skin and skin structure infection (cSSSI) and bacterial meningitis (in paediatric patients aged > or = 3 months) in the US, and in most other countries for nosocomial pneumonia, cIAI, septicaemia, febrile neutropenia, cSSSI, ...

How strong is meropenem antibiotic?

For patients with normal renal function, the approved dosage of meropenem for the treatment of complicated skin and skin-structure infections is 500 mg every 8 h for adults and 10 mg/kg every 8 h (to a maximum of 500 mg) for pediatric patients, infused over 15–30 min (or administered by bolus injection over 3–5 min) [ ...