Veterinary Chemical
Antibiotic disc meropenem
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An antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) disc impregnated with meropenem (\(10 \text{ \mu g}\)) is a standard tool in veterinary microbiology used to gauge bacterial susceptibility to this powerful drug. By measuring the zone of inhibition on an agar plate, veterinarians determine if a specific multidrug-resistant bacterial infection can be effectively treated.
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Meropenem is a potent, broad-spectrum carbapenem antibiotic. In veterinary medicine, it is classified as a "last resort" or reserved antimicrobial used to treat severe, documented, multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections in cats and dogs. Because carbapenems are vital human medicines, meropenem is used extra-label in animals (off-label) and is strictly prescribed only when culture and sensitivity testing prove the infection is resistant to all other approved, first-line antibiotics.
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- Disc Characteristics: They are typically 6 mm diameter filter paper discs, commonly printed with the code MRP 10 for instant identification.
- Dosage / Concentration: Impregnated with exactly \(10 \text{ \mu g}\) of pure meropenem.
- Testing Mechanism: They are used in the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method to measure the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) or breakpoint to identify Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE).
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