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The antibacterial activity of ertapenem is mediated through binding to penicillin-binding proteins which results in inhibiting the cross-linking of the peptidoglycan layer of the bacterial cell wall. Therefore, ertapenem can be labeled with technetium-99m (<jats:sup>99m<\/jats:sup>Tc), a gamma emitter radionuclide, for the diagnosis of deep-seated bacterial infections, such as urinary tract, intra-abdominal, osteomyelitis, and post-surgical gynecologic infections. The labeling procedure was carried out by varying the reaction conditions, such as the amount of the ligand and reducing agent, pH, reaction time and temperature, and radioactivity. At optimized reaction conditions more than 93% <jats:sup>99m<\/jats:sup>Tc\u2013ertapenem radioconjugate was obtained. <jats:sup>99m<\/jats:sup>Tc\u2013ertapenem was found 90% intact in saline medium up to 6 h, while 88% intact in human blood serum up to 3\u00a0h. Biodistribution study showed target-to-non-target ratios of 2.91 \u00b1 0.19, 2.39 \u00b1 0.31, and 1.23 \u00b1 0.22 in <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>, and turpentine oil-infected rat models, respectively. The SPECT scintigraphy showed high uptake of <jats:sup>99m<\/jats:sup>Tc\u2013ertapenem in bacterial-infected abscesses, and low counts were recorded in normal and turpentine oil-inflamed tissues. 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