Sankyo Company, Limited

Munetsugu Morimoto

Isao Kawamoto

Yasuo Shimoji

Satoshi Ohya

Katsuya Ishikawa

Katsuhiko Kojima

A 1-methylcarbapenem compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## [wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkyl group which has a substituent, a cycloalkyl group or a group of formula --C(.dbd.NH)R.sup.4 (in which R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an amino group)]; or a pharmacologically acceptable salt or derivative thereof. The 1-methylcarbapenem compounds of the present invention exhibit excellent antibacterial activity and are therefore effective as a preventive or remedy of infections.

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