The use of intravenous antibiotics to treat patients at home requires that the therapy be provided safely and cost-effectively. Ideal agents for home use provide the necessary spectrum of ...

Purpose: The stability of meropenem in i.v. solutions stored in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) bags and an elastomeric infusion device at concentrations commonly used in home care was studied.

The groundbreaking clinical study showed that Zaynich treated seriously ill patients with infections caused by carbapenem-resistant (including meropenem-resistant) Gram-negative pathogens.