Pharmaceutical formulations containing beta-lactamase inhibitory penems in combination with beta-lactam antibiotics and their use in the treatment of bacterial infections

摘要

A pharmaceutical formulation comprises, in combination with a penem of formula (I): in which: R1 is hydrogen or an organic substituent group; R2 is a fused bicyclic heterocyclic ring system of general formula: wherein R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or one or more substituents replacing hydrogen atoms in the ring system shown; m is 2 or 3; p is zero, 1 or 2; and R3 is hydrogen, a salt-forming cation or an ester-forming group; and the symbol =/= indicates that the double bond may be in either the E or Z configuration; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; a beta -lactam antibiotic selected from the group consisting of ceftazidime, cefotaxime, amoxycillin, and piperacillin, and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof.