"Methicillin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methicillin" by people in Profiles.
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Britto C, Mohorianu I, Yeung T, Cheung E, Novak T, Hall MW, Mourani PM, Weiss SL, Thomas NJ, Markovitz B, Randolph AG, Moffitt KL. Host Respiratory Transcriptome Signature Associated with Poor Outcome in Children with Influenza-Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia. J Infect Dis. 2022 09 28; 226(7):1286-1294.
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Memon S, Goldman S, Hawthorne KM, Gnall EM. Percutaneous transeptal mitral valve endocarditis debulking with AngioVac aspiration system. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 10; 100(4):667-673.
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Parvizi J, Pawasarat IM, Azzam KA, Joshi A, Hansen EN, Bozic KJ. Periprosthetic joint infection: the economic impact of methicillin-resistant infections. J Arthroplasty. 2010 Sep; 25(6 Suppl):103-7.
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Mason BW, Howard AJ, Magee JT. Fusidic acid resistance in community isolates of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and fusidic acid prescribing. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2003 Apr; 51(4):1033-6.
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Truant AL, Satishchandran V, Eisenstaedt R, Richman P, McNeil MM. Oerskovia xanthineolytica and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a patient with cirrhosis and variceal hemorrhage. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1992 Oct; 11(10):950-1.
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Gibbs RS, DeCherney AH, Schwarz RH. Prophylactic antibiotics in cesarean section: a double-blind study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1972 Dec 15; 114(8):1048-53.