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imipenem, anhydrous and Sensitivity and Specificity

imipenem, anhydrous has been researched along with Sensitivity and Specificity in 70 studies

Research

Studies (70)

Timeframe	Studies, this research(%)	All Research%
pre-1990	0 (0.00)	18.7374
1990's	10 (14.29)	18.2507
2000's	22 (31.43)	29.6817
2010's	32 (45.71)	24.3611
2020's	6 (8.57)	2.80

Authors

Authors	Studies
Jing, X; Liu, R; Min, X; Wan, D; Wu, T; Zeng, J; Zhang, X; Zhou, H	1
Ashraf, S; Feng, Y; Hasan, T; Kuriakose, J; Palanisami, A; Pigula, M	1
Cha, YJ; Cho, H; Choi, JE; Heo, W; Kim, JO; Lee, H; Park, YJ; Yoo, IY	1
Conceição, N; da de Cunha Hueb Barata Oliveira, C; da Silva, LEP; de Oliveira, AG; de Oliveira, KLP; de Souza, LRC; Rodrigues, WF	1
Dang, H; Peng, L; Wang, X	1
Aoki, K; Ishii, Y; Morita, T; Murakami, H; Sasaki, M; Tateda, K; Yamada, K	1
Antonelli, A; Barozzi, A; Coppi, M; Fontana, C; Gargiulo, R; Giani, T; Liotti, FM; Mauri, C; Mirandola, W; Principe, L; Rossolini, GM; Spanu, T	1
Chanawong, A; Charoensri, N; Daduang, J; Lulitanond, A; Srisrattakarn, A; Wilailuckana, C	1
Lewis, S; Opene, BNA; Simner, PJ; Tamma, PD; Wang, R	1
Chatelain, P; Fournier, D; Mille, A; Miltgen, G; Plésiat, P	1
Göttig, S; Hamprecht, AG; Saleh, A	1
Chang, KC; Chen, HA; Chin, YC; Chung, CY; Hsu, KH; Hu, A; Huang, SS; Liu, BR; Peng, WP; Soo, PC; Yeh, CH	1
Aubry, A; Bréchot, N; Brossier, F; Jarlier, V; Lu, Q; Luyt, CE; Micaëlo, M; Monsel, A	1
Akeda, Y; Hamada, S; Ishihara, T; Sakamoto, N; Shanmugakani, RK; Shintani, A; Sugawara, Y; Takeuchi, D; Tomono, K; Yamamoto, N	1
Khan, TA; McHugh, TD; Platt, G; Roulston, K; Sohail, M; Uddin, F	1
Fujita, J; Kirikae, T; Kuwahara-Arai, K; Maeda, S; Mya, S; Nakasone, I; Sekiguchi, JI; Tada, T; Tin, HH; Tome, T; Uechi, K; Yanagisawa, I; Zan, KN	1
Capra Pezzi, L; de Souza Barbosa, F; E S Schapoval, E; Franco de Oliveira, T; Manoela Dias Macedo, S; S L Mendez, A; Tsao, M	1
Bartolini, A; Biasolo, MA; Cavallaro, A; Frasson, I; Palù, G; Richter, SN	1
Guzek, A; Korzeniewski, K; Nitsch-Osuch, A; Prokop, E; Rybicki, Z	1
Boucher, BA; Herring, VL; Hickerson, WL; Hu, ZY; Laizure, SC; Parker, RB	1
Arakawa, Y; Hattori, T; Kawamura, K	1
Chiang, YR; Chung, FH; Huang, MC; Lee, HC; Lu, J; Ma, N; Sung, YC; Tseng, AL	1
George, SC; Jayachandran, VP; Kalarikkal, N; Lewu, FB; Mohan, S; Oluwafemi, OS; Songca, SP; Thomas, S	1
Hodsdon, ME; Kulkarni, MV; Murray, TS; Peaper, DR; Pyka, JS; Zurita, AN	1
Bogaerts, P; Cuzon, G; De Saint Martin, L; Glupczynski, Y; Lamar, E; Lasserre, C; Naas, T; Tandé, D	1
Aydın, F; Bayramoğlu, G; Gençoğlu Özgür, Ç; Kılıç, AO; Uluçam, G	1
Burgers, PC; Dekker, LJ; Goessens, WH; Kostzrewa, M; Luider, TM; Monteferrante, CG; Peer, M; Sparbier, K; Sultan, S; Ten Kate, MT	1
Arai, K; Kashiwa, M; Nagano, N; Saito, R; Yamada, K	1
Bou, G; Oviaño, M	1
Barbeyto, LP; Bou, G; Oviaño, M; Ramírez, CL	1
Blanchet, B; Chhun, S; Jullien, V; Lanternier, F; Legrand, T; Pons, G; Rey, E; Zahar, JR	1
Ahn, JB; Hwang, SY; Koo, SH; Lee, SH; Park, SH; Shin, KS; Son, BR	1
Burattini, MN; Caiaffa-Filho, HH; Franco, MR; Rossi, F	1
Corso, A; Lucero, C; Pasteran, F; Rapoport, M; Soloaga, R	1
Benenson, S; Block, C; Cohen, MJ; Hidalgo-Grass, C; Schwartz, C; Temper, V	1
Chiang, T; Colon-Urban, R; Eng, RH; Gomez, E; Huang, DB; Mariano, N; Urban, C	1
Ajao, AO; Furuno, JP; Harris, AD; Johnson, JK; Lee, MS; Ranke, TD; Robinson, G; Venezia, RA	1
Agodi, A; Koumaki, V; Poulou, A; Pournaras, S; Sofianou, D; Themeli-Digalaki, K; Tsakris, A; Voulgari, E; Vrioni, G	1
Chua, EG; Khosravi, Y; Loke, MF; Tay, ST; Vadivelu, J	1
Colakoğlu, S; Durmaz, S; Ekincioğlu, P; Perçin, D	1
Bolmström, A; Gales, A; Qwärnström, A; Walsh, TR	1
Chong, Y; Lee, K; Rossolini, GM; Shin, HB; Yong, D; Yum, JH	1
Gunderson, B; Hermsen, ED; Hovde, LB; Ibrahim, KH; Rotschafer, JC; Rotschafer, SE	1
Chuang, CL; Tsai, SH; Wu, JJ; Yan, JJ	1
Cirioni, O; D'Amato, G; Giacometti, A; Kamysz, W; Lukasiak, J; Scalise, G; Silvestri, C; Simona Del Prete, M	1
Chong, Y; Ha, GY; Jang, SJ; Kang, JO; Kim, JJ; Lee, K; Shin, BM; Yong, D	1
Balaban, N; Cirioni, O; D'Amato, G; Del Prete, MS; Dell'Acqua, G; Ghiselli, R; Giacometti, A; Mocchegiani, F; Orlando, F; Rocchi, M; Saba, V; Scalise, G; Silvestri, C	1
Bolmström, A; Chong, Y; Karlsson, A; Lee, K; Lim, YS; Qwärnström, A; Yong, D; Yum, JH	1
Antonopoulou, A; Giamarellos-Bourboulis, EJ; Giamarellou, H; Kentepozidis, N; Plachouras, D; Tsaganos, T	1
Church, DL; Gregson, DB; Le, P; McClure, JA; Pitout, JD; Poirel, L	1
Ballerini, V; Limansky, AS; Marchiaro, P; Mussi, MA; Pasteran, F; Viale, AM; Vila, AJ	1
Aparicio, I; Bello, MA; Callejón, M; Jiménez, JC	1
Caramelo, C; Castilla, M; de Lucas, C; Lazaro, JA; Tejedor, A; Torres, AM	1
Bennett, KM; Dodds-Ashley, E; Hayward, TZ; Kaye, KS; Scarborough, JE; Sharpe, M; Vaslef, SN	1
Bertoluci, DF; Dell'Aquilla, AM; López, KJ; Santos, SR; Vicente, KM	1
Aasnaes, B; Buarø, L; Giske, CG; Samuelsen, O; Simonsen, GS; Sundsfjord, A	1
Giakkoupi, P; Kalapothaki, V; Polemis, M; Tzouvelekis, LS; Vatopoulos, AC; Vourli, S	1
al-Meshal, MA; Lotfi, KM; Ramadan, MA; Shibl, AM	1
Baquero, F; Cantón, R; García de Lomas, J; Gimeno, C; Liñares, J; Martínez-Beltrán, J; Tubau, F	1
Jones, R; Satishchandran, V; Shapiro, T; Suh, B; Truant, AL	1
Grimm, H; Hauss, C; Rodloff, AC	1
Dowzicky, MJ; Nadler, HL; Sheikh, W	1
Alonso, R; Cisterna, R; Colom, K; Fernández-Aranguiz, A; Morla, A; Suinaga, E; Umaran, A	1
Arroyo, C; Bonal, J; Garcia-Capdevila, L; López-Calull, C; Mangues, MA; Moral, MA	1
Cuca, GC; Hammond, GG; Leiting, B; Pompliano, DL; Pryor, KD; Toney, JH; Wu, JK	1
Berger, D; Heinemann, M; Lorenz, I; Möricke, A; Schneider, M; Seidelmann, M; Steinbach, G; Trautmann, M	1
Büchler, MW; Friess, H; Gloor, B; Müller, CA; Seiler, CA; Uhl, W	1
Byl, B; Clevenbergh, P; Jacobs, F; Kentos, A; Marchant, A; Thys, JP; Vincent, JL	1
Friedland, IR; Isaacs, R; Mixson, LA; Motyl, M; Woods, GL	1
Goldmann, DA; Lambert, KG; Macone, AB; O'Rourke, EJ; Parsonnet, KC	1

Reviews

1 review(s) available for imipenem, anhydrous and Sensitivity and Specificity

Article	Year
Cilastatin protection against cyclosporin A-induced nephrotoxicity: clinical evidence. Current medical research and opinion, 2007, Volume: 23, Issue:3 Topics: Acute Kidney Injury; Cilastatin; Creatinine; Cyclosporine; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Imipenem; Kidney Function Tests; Male; Probability; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Treatment Outcome	2007

Article

Year

Cilastatin protection against cyclosporin A-induced nephrotoxicity: clinical evidence.

Current medical research and opinion, 2007, Volume: 23, Issue:3

Topics: Acute Kidney Injury; Cilastatin; Creatinine; Cyclosporine; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Imipenem; Kidney Function Tests; Male; Probability; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Treatment Outcome

2007

Trials

2 trial(s) available for imipenem, anhydrous and Sensitivity and Specificity

Article	Year
Acute necrotizing pancreatitis: treatment strategy according to the status of infection. Annals of surgery, 2000, Volume: 232, Issue:5 Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biopsy, Needle; Chi-Square Distribution; Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; Cholecystectomy; Cilastatin; Edema; Female; Humans; Imipenem; Male; Middle Aged; Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing; Prospective Studies; Protease Inhibitors; Risk Factors; Sensitivity and Specificity; Statistics, Nonparametric; Thienamycins; Treatment Outcome	2000
Ceftazidime- and imipenem-induced endotoxin release during treatment of gram-negative infections. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2001, Volume: 20, Issue:11 Topics: Bacteremia; Ceftazidime; Drug Administration Schedule; Endotoxins; Female; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Humans; Imipenem; Injections, Intravenous; Interleukin-6; Male; Probability; Reference Values; Sensitivity and Specificity; Statistics, Nonparametric; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha	2001

Article

Year

Acute necrotizing pancreatitis: treatment strategy according to the status of infection.

Annals of surgery, 2000, Volume: 232, Issue:5

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biopsy, Needle; Chi-Square Distribution; Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; Cholecystectomy; Cilastatin; Edema; Female; Humans; Imipenem; Male; Middle Aged; Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing; Prospective Studies; Protease Inhibitors; Risk Factors; Sensitivity and Specificity; Statistics, Nonparametric; Thienamycins; Treatment Outcome

2000

Ceftazidime- and imipenem-induced endotoxin release during treatment of gram-negative infections.

European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2001, Volume: 20, Issue:11

Topics: Bacteremia; Ceftazidime; Drug Administration Schedule; Endotoxins; Female; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Humans; Imipenem; Injections, Intravenous; Interleukin-6; Male; Probability; Reference Values; Sensitivity and Specificity; Statistics, Nonparametric; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

2001

Other Studies

67 other study(ies) available for imipenem, anhydrous and Sensitivity and Specificity

Article	Year
Differences between meropenem and imipenem disk to detect carbapenemase in gram-negative bacilli using simplified carbapenem inactivation method. Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy, 2020, Volume: 26, Issue:6 Topics: Acinetobacter baumannii; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Carbapenems; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Enterobacteriaceae; Humans; Imipenem; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Sensitivity and Specificity	2020
Novel Rapid Test for Detecting Carbapenemase. Emerging infectious diseases, 2020, Volume: 26, Issue:4 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Sensitivity and Specificity	2020
Performance evaluation of automated BD Phoenix NMIC-500 panel for carbapenemase detection in carbapenem-resistant and carbapenem-susceptible Enterobacterales. Journal of microbiological methods, 2020, Volume: 177 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; Bacteriological Techniques; beta-Lactamases; Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae; Carbapenems; Enterobacteriaceae; Humans; Imipenem; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Sensitivity and Specificity	2020
Beta-lactams susceptibility testing of penicillin-resistant, ampicillin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis isolates: a comparative assessment of Etest and disk diffusion methods against broth dilution. Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 2020, Sep-17, Volume: 19, Issue:1 Topics: Amoxicillin; Ampicillin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Lactams; Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Enterococcus faecalis; Humans; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Penicillins; Piperacillin; Sensitivity and Specificity	2020
Simultaneous determination of meropenem and imipenem in rat plasma by LC-MS/MS and its application to a pharmacokinetic study. Biomedical chromatography : BMC, 2021, Volume: 35, Issue:11 Topics: Animals; Chromatography, Liquid; Imipenem; Linear Models; Male; Meropenem; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tandem Mass Spectrometry	2021
Evaluation of the simplified carbapenem inactivation method as a phenotypic detection method for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales. Journal of microbiological methods, 2021, Volume: 187 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Load; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactam Resistance; beta-Lactamases; Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae; False Positive Reactions; Imipenem; Meropenem; Sensitivity and Specificity	2021
Multicenter evaluation of the RAPIDEC® CARBA NP test for rapid screening of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Gram-negative nonfermenters from clinical specimens. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2017, Volume: 88, Issue:3 Topics: Acinetobacter baumannii; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae; Colorimetry; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Hospitals; Humans; Hydrolysis; Imipenem; Italy; Mass Screening; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Sensitivity and Specificity; Time Factors	2017
A novel GoldNano Carb test for rapid phenotypic detection of carbapenemases, particularly OXA type, in Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2017, 09-01, Volume: 72, Issue:9 Topics: Acinetobacter; Bacterial Proteins; Bacteriological Techniques; beta-Lactamases; Colorimetry; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriaceae Infections; Gold; Humans; Imipenem; Metal Nanoparticles; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Sensitivity and Specificity	2017
Is There a Carbapenem MIC Cutoff Value That Distinguishes Carbapenemase-Producing and Non-Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem Non-Susceptible Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter Isolates? Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2017, Volume: 38, Issue:11 Topics: Academic Medical Centers; Acinetobacter; Acinetobacter baumannii; Acinetobacter Infections; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Carbapenems; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Humans; Imipenem; Maryland; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas Infections; ROC Curve; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins; United States	2017
Detection of carbapenemase activity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Journal of microbiological methods, 2018, Volume: 145 Topics: Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Cell Membrane; Cell Membrane Permeability; Colistin; Humans; Imipenem; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas Infections; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization	2018
Multiplex Immunochromatographic Detection of OXA-48, KPC, and NDM Carbapenemases: Impact of Inoculum, Antibiotics, and Agar. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2018, Volume: 56, Issue:5 Topics: Agar; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteriological Techniques; beta-Lactamases; Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae; Ertapenem; False Negative Reactions; Humans; Imipenem; Immunoassay; Meropenem; Sensitivity and Specificity; Time Factors	2018
Direct detection of carbapenemase-associated proteins of Acinetobacter baumannii using nanodiamonds coupled with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Journal of microbiological methods, 2018, Volume: 147 Topics: Acinetobacter baumannii; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Biomarkers; Carbapenems; DNA, Bacterial; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Genes, Bacterial; Humans; Imipenem; Mass Spectrometry; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Nanodiamonds; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization	2018
Interpreting carbapenem susceptibility testing results for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 2018, Volume: 48, Issue:5 Topics: beta-Lactam Resistance; Carbapenems; Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests; Doripenem; Humans; Imipenem; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas Infections; Reagent Strips; Sensitivity and Specificity	2018
Establishment of a dual-wavelength spectrophotometric method for analysing and detecting carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Scientific reports, 2018, 10-24, Volume: 8, Issue:1 Topics: Absorption, Physicochemical; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactam Resistance; beta-Lactamases; Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriaceae Infections; Hydrolysis; Imipenem; Meropenem; ROC Curve; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; Statistics, Nonparametric	2018
Detection of carbapenemases, AmpC and ESBL genes in Acinetobacter isolates from ICUs by DNA microarray. Journal of microbiological methods, 2018, Volume: 155 Topics: Acinetobacter; Acinetobacter baumannii; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; DNA, Bacterial; Genes, Bacterial; Humans; Imipenem; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Molecular Typing; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; Pakistan; Phenotype; Sensitivity and Specificity	2018
An improved carbapenem inactivation method, CIMTrisII, for carbapenemase production by Gram-negative pathogens. Journal of medical microbiology, 2019, Volume: 68, Issue:2 Topics: Acinetobacter; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Asia, Southeastern; Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Carbapenems; DNA, Bacterial; Enterobacteriaceae; Humans; Imipenem; Japan; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Nepal; Pseudomonas; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Time Factors	2019
Stability and degradation products of imipenem applying high-resolution mass spectrometry: An analytical study focused on solutions for infusion. Biomedical chromatography : BMC, 2019, Volume: 33, Issue:4 Topics: Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Drug Contamination; Drug Stability; Imipenem; Linear Models; Mass Spectrometry; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity	2019
Rapid detection of blaVIM-1-37 and blaKPC1/2-12 alleles from clinical samples by multiplex PCR-based assays. International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2013, Volume: 42, Issue:1 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Humans; Imipenem; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins	2013
In vitro sensitivity of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to carbapenems among intensive care unit patients. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2013, Volume: 788 Topics: Acinetobacter baumannii; Bacterial Infections; Carbapenems; Doripenem; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Europe; Humans; Imipenem; Intensive Care Units; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Sensitivity and Specificity; Species Specificity; Thienamycins; United States; United States Food and Drug Administration	2013
Nonvolatile salt-free stabilizer for the quantification of polar imipenem and cilastatin in human plasma using hydrophilic interaction chromatography/quadrupole mass spectrometry with contamination sensitive off-axis electrospray. Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS, 2013, Volume: 48, Issue:8 Topics: Acetonitriles; Chromatography, Liquid; Cilastatin; Humans; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; Imipenem; Linear Models; Methanol; Oseltamivir; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization	2013
Comparison of test methods for detecting metallo-β-lactamase-producing Gram-negative bacteria. Japanese journal of infectious diseases, 2013, Volume: 66, Issue:6 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Lactamases; Ceftazidime; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Humans; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Sensitivity and Specificity	2013
Functional Module Connectivity Map (FMCM): a framework for searching repurposed drug compounds for systems treatment of cancer and an application to colorectal adenocarcinoma. PloS one, 2014, Volume: 9, Issue:1 Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Algorithms; Colorectal Neoplasms; Drug Repositioning; Epistasis, Genetic; Ethacrynic Acid; Gene Regulatory Networks; Ginkgolides; Humans; Imipenem; Indoles; Lactones; Microarray Analysis; Phenoxybenzamine; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thymine	2014
Completely green synthesis of dextrose reduced silver nanoparticles, its antimicrobial and sensing properties. Carbohydrate polymers, 2014, Jun-15, Volume: 106 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Ciprofloxacin; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Escherichia coli; Gelatin; Glucose; Green Chemistry Technology; Hydrogen Peroxide; Imipenem; Metal Nanoparticles; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Microscopy, Electron; Oxidation-Reduction; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Sensitivity and Specificity; Silver; Silver Nitrate; Solubility; Spectrophotometry; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; Surface Plasmon Resonance	2014
Use of imipenem to detect KPC, NDM, OXA, IMP, and VIM carbapenemase activity from gram-negative rods in 75 minutes using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2014, Volume: 52, Issue:7 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Chromatography, Liquid; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Humans; Imipenem; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tandem Mass Spectrometry	2014
Efficient Detection of Carbapenemase Activity in Enterobacteriaceae by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry in Less Than 30 Minutes. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2015, Volume: 53, Issue:7 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; Bacteriological Techniques; beta-Lactamases; Enterobacteriaceae; Humans; Hydrolysis; Imipenem; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; Time Factors	2015
[Comparison of the modified Hodge test and the Carba NP test for detection of carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae isolates]. Mikrobiyoloji bulteni, 2016, Volume: 50, Issue:1 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Carbapenems; Cilastatin; Enterobacteriaceae; Enzyme Assays; Humans; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Phenotype; Sensitivity and Specificity	2016
Evaluation of different pretreatment protocols to detect accurately clinical carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae by MALDI-TOF. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2016, Volume: 71, Issue:10 Topics: Acinetobacter; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteria; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; beta-Lactams; Carbapenems; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Enterobacter aerogenes; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriaceae Infections; Ertapenem; Humans; Hydrolysis; Imipenem; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization	2016
Comparison of the Modified-Hodge test, Carba NP test, and carbapenem inactivation method as screening methods for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Journal of microbiological methods, 2016, Volume: 128 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; beta-Lactams; Carbapenems; Enterobacteriaceae; Ertapenem; Imipenem; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins	2016
Imipenem-avibactam: a novel combination for the rapid detection of carbapenemase activity in Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2017, Volume: 87, Issue:2 Topics: Acinetobacter baumannii; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Azabicyclo Compounds; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Enterobacteriaceae; Imipenem; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; Time Factors	2017
Rapid direct detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in clinical urine samples by MALDI-TOF MS analysis. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2017, 05-01, Volume: 72, Issue:5 Topics: Automation, Laboratory; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriaceae Infections; Flow Cytometry; Germany; Humans; Imipenem; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; Time Factors; Urine	2017
Simultaneous determination of three carbapenem antibiotics in plasma by HPLC with ultraviolet detection. Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 2008, Nov-15, Volume: 875, Issue:2 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Lactams; Carbapenems; Ceftazidime; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Drug Stability; Ertapenem; Humans; Imipenem; Meropenem; Reference Standards; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins	2008
Evaluation of dipicolinic acid-based Mueller Hinton agar biplate for detection of IMP-1 and VIM-2 type metallo-beta-lactamase in imipenem non-susceptible gram negative bacilli. The Korean journal of laboratory medicine, 2009, Volume: 29, Issue:3 Topics: Agar; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteriological Techniques; beta-Lactamases; Chelating Agents; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Imipenem; Picolinic Acids; Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; Sensitivity and Specificity	2009
Metallo-beta-lactamases among imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Brazilian university hospital. Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2010, Volume: 65, Issue:9 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Lactamases; Brazil; Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Hospitals, University; Humans; Imipenem; Phenotype; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Predictive Value of Tests; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas Infections; Sensitivity and Specificity	2010
Can we use imipenem and meropenem Vitek 2 MICs for detection of suspected KPC and other-carbapenemase producers among species of Enterobacteriaceae? Journal of clinical microbiology, 2011, Volume: 49, Issue:2 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; Enterobacteriaceae; Humans; Imipenem; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins	2011
Imipenem disc for detection of KPC carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in clinical practice. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2011, Volume: 49, Issue:4 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; Bacteriological Techniques; beta-Lactamases; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriaceae Infections; Humans; Imipenem; Sensitivity and Specificity	2011
Phenotypic and genotypic screening and clonal analysis of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae at a single hospital. Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.), 2011, Volume: 17, Issue:2 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; Bacterial Typing Techniques; beta-Lactam Resistance; beta-Lactamases; beta-Lactams; Carbapenems; DNA, Bacterial; Doripenem; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Ertapenem; Genotype; Hospitals, Urban; Humans; Imipenem; Klebsiella Infections; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Phylogeny; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins; United States	2011
Comparison of culture media for detection of Acinetobacter baumannii in surveillance cultures of critically-ill patients. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2011, Volume: 30, Issue:11 Topics: Acinetobacter baumannii; Acinetobacter Infections; Anal Canal; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteriological Techniques; Cohort Studies; Critical Illness; Culture Media; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Humans; Imipenem; Infection Control; Intensive Care Units; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sputum	2011
Comparative evaluation of combined-disk tests using different boronic acid compounds for detection of klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2011, Volume: 49, Issue:8 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactamases; beta-Lactams; Boronic Acids; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriaceae Infections; Genotype; Humans; Imipenem; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Phenotype; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins	2011
Phenotypic detection of metallo-β-lactamase in imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. TheScientificWorldJournal, 2012, Volume: 2012 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Lactamases; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; False Positive Reactions; Genotyping Techniques; Humans; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Phenotype; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Sensitivity and Specificity	2012
[Comparison of ertapenem-EMB Agar with traditional methods for screening carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from rectal swabs]. Mikrobiyoloji bulteni, 2012, Volume: 46, Issue:4 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Lactamases; beta-Lactams; Carbapenems; Culture Media; Doripenem; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Ertapenem; Humans; Imipenem; Klebsiella Infections; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Meropenem; Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; Rectum; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins; Time Factors	2012
Evaluation of a new Etest for detecting metallo-beta-lactamases in routine clinical testing. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2002, Volume: 40, Issue:8 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteria; beta-Lactamases; Ceftazidime; Culture Media; Humans; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Reagent Strips; Sensitivity and Specificity	2002
Imipenem-EDTA disk method for differentiation of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing clinical isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2002, Volume: 40, Issue:10 Topics: Acinetobacter; beta-Lactamases; Drug Resistance; Edetic Acid; Humans; Imipenem; Pseudomonas; Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; Sensitivity and Specificity	2002
Mutation prevention concentration of ceftriaxone, meropenem, imipenem, and ertapenem against three strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2003, Volume: 45, Issue:4 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Lactams; Ceftriaxone; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Ertapenem; Humans; Imipenem; Lactams; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Mutation; Pharmacogenetics; Probability; Sensitivity and Specificity; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Thienamycins	2003
Comparison of the double-disk, combined disk, and Etest methods for detecting metallo-beta-lactamases in gram-negative bacilli. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2004, Volume: 49, Issue:1 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteriological Techniques; beta-Lactamases; Cefepime; Ceftazidime; Cephalosporins; Clavulanic Acid; Culture Media, Conditioned; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Humans; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Sensitivity and Specificity	2004
In vitro activity and killing effect of the synthetic hybrid cecropin A-melittin peptide CA(1-7)M(2-9)NH(2) on methicillin-resistant nosocomial isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and interactions with clinically used antibiotics. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2004, Volume: 49, Issue:3 Topics: Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; Cross Infection; Drug Interactions; Female; Humans; Imipenem; Male; Melitten; Methicillin Resistance; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Sensitivity and Specificity; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus aureus	2004
Metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Gram-negative bacilli in Korean Nationwide Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance group hospitals in 2003: continued prevalence of VIM-producing Pseudomonas spp. and increase of IMP-producing Acinetobacter spp. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2004, Volume: 50, Issue:1 Topics: Acinetobacter; Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Lactamases; Cross Infection; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Female; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Humans; Imipenem; Korea; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Multicenter Studies as Topic; Population Surveillance; Pseudomonas; Sensitivity and Specificity	2004
RNAIII-inhibiting peptide improves efficacy of clinically used antibiotics in a murine model of staphylococcal sepsis. Peptides, 2005, Volume: 26, Issue:2 Topics: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteremia; Cefazolin; Colony Count, Microbial; Disease Models, Animal; Drug Synergism; Imipenem; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Oligopeptides; Random Allocation; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sepsis; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Time Factors; Vancomycin	2005
Evaluation of Etest MBL for detection of blaIMP-1 and blaVIM-2 allele-positive clinical isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2005, Volume: 43, Issue:2 Topics: Acinetobacter; Acinetobacter Infections; Alleles; beta-Lactamases; beta-Lactams; Humans; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas Infections; Pseudomonas putida; Sensitivity and Specificity	2005
Postantibiotic effect of antimicrobial combinations on multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2005, Volume: 51, Issue:2 Topics: Amikacin; Ceftazidime; Cross Infection; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Drug Synergism; Drug Therapy, Combination; Humans; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Sensitivity and Specificity	2005
Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing metallo-beta-lactamases in a large centralized laboratory. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2005, Volume: 43, Issue:7 Topics: Alberta; Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Lactamases; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Edetic Acid; Humans; Imipenem; Laboratories; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Phenotype; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Regional Health Planning; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins	2005
Sensitive EDTA-based microbiological assays for detection of metallo-{beta}-lactamases in nonfermentative gram-negative bacteria. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2005, Volume: 43, Issue:11 Topics: Bacteriological Techniques; beta-Lactamases; Edetic Acid; Escherichia coli; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Humans; Imipenem; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity	2005
Liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of imipenem and sulbactam in mouse plasma. Journal of chromatographic science, 2006, Volume: 44, Issue:9 Topics: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Imipenem; Mice; Reference Standards; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sulbactam	2006
Implementation of antibiotic rotation protocol improves antibiotic susceptibility profile in a surgical intensive care unit. The Journal of trauma, 2007, Volume: 63, Issue:2 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Ceftazidime; Ciprofloxacin; Clinical Protocols; Critical Care; Cross Infection; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Female; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Humans; Imipenem; Incidence; Intensive Care Units; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Penicillanic Acid; Piperacillin; Probability; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tazobactam; Treatment Outcome	2007
Simultaneous determination of cefepime, vancomycin and imipenem in human plasma of burn patients by high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 2007, Dec-15, Volume: 860, Issue:2 Topics: Adolescent; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Burns; Calibration; Cefepime; Cephalosporins; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Drug Monitoring; Female; Humans; Imipenem; Male; Middle Aged; Reference Standards; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; Vancomycin	2007
Evaluation of phenotypic tests for the detection of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a low prevalence country. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2008, Volume: 61, Issue:4 Topics: Bacterial Proteins; beta-Lactam Resistance; beta-Lactamases; DNA, Bacterial; Humans; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Predictive Value of Tests; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas Infections; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spectrophotometry	2008
Supplementation of growth media with Zn2+ facilitates detection of VIM-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2008, Volume: 46, Issue:4 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteriological Techniques; beta-Lactamases; beta-Lactams; Culture Media; Edetic Acid; Greece; Humans; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas Infections; Sensitivity and Specificity; Zinc	2008
Determination of meropenem in plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography and a microbiological method. Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics, 1995, Volume: 20, Issue:3 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Calibration; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Chromatography, Liquid; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Humans; Imipenem; Meropenem; Microbiological Techniques; Reference Standards; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins	1995
Multicentre comparative study on the antibacterial activity of FK-037, a new parenteral cephalosporin. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 1995, Volume: 14, Issue:3 Topics: Aztreonam; Cefepime; Cefotaxime; Cefpirome; Ceftazidime; Ceftizoxime; Cephalosporins; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Gram-Positive Bacteria; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Sensitivity and Specificity	1995
In vitro activity of beta-lactamase inhibitors against clinical isolates of Acinetobacter species. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 1995, Volume: 21, Issue:2 Topics: Acinetobacter; Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Lactam Resistance; beta-Lactamase Inhibitors; Cefotaxime; Ceftazidime; Ceftriaxone; Clavulanic Acid; Clavulanic Acids; Colony Count, Microbial; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Penicillanic Acid; Piperacillin; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sulbactam; Tazobactam	1995
Discrepancies in susceptibility test results for imipenem employing different in vitro test methods and DIN 58,940 breakpoints. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 1995, Volume: 14, Issue:1 Topics: Bacteriological Techniques; Colony Count, Microbial; Culture Media; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Humans; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Reference Values; Sensitivity and Specificity	1995
Comparison of sensititre broth microdilution and agar dilution susceptibility testing techniques for meropenem to determine accuracy, reproducibility, and predictive values. Journal of clinical microbiology, 1994, Volume: 32, Issue:9 Topics: Agar; Bacteria, Aerobic; Bacteria, Anaerobic; Culture Media; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Imipenem; Indicator Dilution Techniques; Meropenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Predictive Value of Tests; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins	1994
In vitro activity of biapenem against beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 1994, Volume: 13, Issue:10 Topics: beta-Lactamases; Cefotaxime; Enterobacteriaceae; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins	1994
Determination of imipenem in plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography for pharmacokinetic studies in patients. Journal of chromatography. B, Biomedical sciences and applications, 1997, Apr-25, Volume: 692, Issue:1 Topics: Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Drug Stability; Humans; Imipenem; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins; Ultrafiltration	1997
Soluble penicillin-binding protein 2a: beta-lactam binding and inhibition by non-beta-lactams using a 96-well format. Analytical biochemistry, 1998, Jan-01, Volume: 255, Issue:1 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Proteins; Binding Sites; Binding, Competitive; Biotechnology; Carbapenems; Carrier Proteins; Chemical Precipitation; Dimethyl Sulfoxide; Enzyme Inhibitors; Hexosyltransferases; Imidazoles; Imipenem; Kinetics; Methods; Micropore Filters; Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase; Penicillin G; Penicillin-Binding Proteins; Peptidyl Transferases; Recombinant Proteins; Sensitivity and Specificity; Solubility; Triazines; Tritium	1998
Endotoxin release due to ciprofloxacin measured by three different methods. Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy), 1999, Volume: 11, Issue:4 Topics: Anti-Infective Agents; Bacterial Toxins; Ceftazidime; Cephalosporins; Ciprofloxacin; Endotoxins; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Escherichia coli; Humans; Imipenem; Limulus Test; Lipopolysaccharides; Monocytes; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha	1999
Use of surrogate antimicrobial agents to predict susceptibility to ertapenem. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2002, Volume: 43, Issue:1 Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Lactams; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Ertapenem; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Gram-Positive Bacteria; Humans; Imipenem; Lactams; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Oxacillin; Penicillins; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thienamycins	2002
False resistance to imipenem with a microdilution susceptibility testing system. Journal of clinical microbiology, 1991, Volume: 29, Issue:4 Topics: Cystic Fibrosis; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Escherichia coli; False Positive Reactions; Humans; Imipenem; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quality Control; Sensitivity and Specificity	1991