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A group of beta-lactam antibiotics in which the sulphur atom in the thiazolidine ring of the penicillin molecule is replaced by a carbon atom. Thienamycins are a subgroup of carbapenems which have a sulphur atom as the first constituent of the side chain.
(12 Dec 1998)
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