Meropenem is indicated for treatment, in adults and children, of the following infections caused by single or multiple bacteria sensitive to meropenem: Pneumonias including hospital acquired pneumonias, Urinary Tract Infection, Intra abdominal Infections, Gynaecological Infections, such as endometritis and pelvic inflammatory disease, Bacterial Meningitis, Septicaemia, and Empiric treatment for presumed infections in patients with febrile neutropenia used as monotherapy or in combination with anti-viral or anti-fungal agents. Meropenem has proved efficacious alone or in combination with other antimicrobial agents in the treatment of polymicrobial infections.