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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1998
Isao Kawamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiko Kojima, Yono, JP;
Yasuo Shimoji, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Ohya, Tokyo, JP;
Munetsugu Morimoto, Hikone, JP;
Sankyo Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.