, with possibly fewer gastrointestinal and CNS tolerability problems than imipenem/cilastatin. Therefore, meropenem is likely …Neutropenic patients with cancer are at risk of serious infection, particularly if neutropenia is severe or prolonged … infection. Prompt empirical antibacterial therapy is imperative in neutropenic patients with fever, as minor localised …

imipenem/cilastatin have similar acquisition costs, the option of administering meropenem by bolus injection and its lower …Meropenem is a carbapenem antibiotic which is active against the majority of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria implicated … in serious infections. Its therapeutic efficacy in a wide range of serious infections is similar to that of imipenem …