"Methicillin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the PENICILLINS which is resistant to PENICILLINASE but susceptible to a penicillin-binding protein. It is inactivated by gastric acid so administered by injection.
| Descriptor ID |
D008712
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099.750.500 D02.886.108.750.500 D03.633.100.300.750.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Methicillin- Methicillin
- Meticillin
- Penicillin, Dimethoxyphenyl
- Dimethoxyphenyl Penicillin
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methicillin" by people in Profiles.
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Cefazolin in the treatment of central nervous system infections: A narrative review and recommendation. Pharmacotherapy. 2023 01; 43(1):85-95.
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Systematic Review of the Clinical Utility of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nasal Screening for MRSA Pneumonia. Ann Pharmacother. 2019 06; 53(6):627-638.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infectious keratitis following refractive surgery. Am J Ophthalmol. 2007 Apr; 143(4):629-34.
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Using interrupted time series analysis to assess associations of fluoroquinolone formulary changes with susceptibility of gram-negative pathogens and isolation rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Jun; 50(6):2106-12.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak at a Veterans' Affairs Medical Center: importance of carriage of the organism by hospital personnel. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1990 Jun; 11(6):291-6.
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Epidemic methicillin-gentamicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit. Am J Dis Child. 1989 Jan; 143(1):34-9.
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MRSA colonization. Infect Control. 1987 Nov; 8(11):445-6.
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Anti-staphylococcal activity of teicoplanin, vancomycin, and other antimicrobial agents: the significance of methicillin resistance. J Infect Dis. 1986 Aug; 154(2):349-52.
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Activity of cephalosporins against methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant, coagulase-negative staphylococci: minimal effect of beta-lactamase. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1980 Feb; 17(2):179-83.