Description: Imipenem (MK0787) is a thienomycin derivative that belongs to the class of antibiotics with antibacterial activity and partial inhibition against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Imipenem can be used to study carbapenem non-susceptible infections and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm infections....

Imipenem is a potent third generation cephalosporin often used as a post operativeanti-biotic. It has recently shown promise in fighting increasingly more resistant strains of staphylococcus aureus.