"Penicillins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A group of antibiotics that contain 6-aminopenicillanic acid with a side chain attached to the 6-amino group. The penicillin nucleus is the chief structural requirement for biological activity. The side-chain structure determines many of the antibacterial and pharmacological characteristics. (Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p1065)
Descriptor ID |
D010406
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MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099.750 D02.886.108.750 D03.633.100.300.750
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Concept/Terms |
Penicillins- Penicillins
- Antibiotics, Penicillin
- Penicillin Antibiotics
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1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1997 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2002 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Penicillins" by people in Profiles.
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Zafar A, Lalani FK, Longi AA, Jajja MR, Haider M, Hashmi S, Khan E, Irfan S, Hussain T, Hussain FR, Hasan R, Jabeen K. Increase in Penicillin and multidrug resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae (1993-2016): Report from a tertiary care hospital laboratory, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2021 Dec; 71(12):2726-2730.
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Norris MR, Bielory L. Impact of merging electronic medical records on penicillin allergy relabeling. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2020 12; 125(6):713-714.
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Soares RR, Pandit RR, Dunn JP. Acute Syphilitic Placoid Posterior Chorioretinopathy. Ophthalmol Retina. 2019 12; 3(12):1090.
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Shortell JD, Sato R, Riangwiwat T, Olalia M, Chong CM. Overlooking Recurrent Acute Rheumatic Fever in Adulthood. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2019 09; 78(9):293-296.
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Ebob-Anya BA, Bassah N, Palle JN. Management of cellulitis and the role of the nurse: a 5-year retrospective multicentre study in Fako, Cameroon. BMC Res Notes. 2019 Jul 23; 12(1):452.
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Jategaonkar A, Klimczak J, Agarwal J, Badhey A, Portnoy WM, Damiano A, Chai RL. Syphilis of the oropharynx: Case series of "The Great Masquerader". Am J Otolaryngol. 2019 Mar - Apr; 40(2):143-146.
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King EA, Challa S, Curtin P, Bielory L. Penicillin skin testing in hospitalized patients with ?-lactam allergies: Effect on antibiotic selection and cost. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2016 07; 117(1):67-71.
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Epstein RH, Jacques PS, Wanderer JP, Bombulie MR, Agarwalla N. Prophylactic Antibiotic Management of Surgical Patients Noted as "Allergic" to Penicillin at Two Academic Hospitals. A A Case Rep. 2016 May 01; 6(9):263-7.
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Sridhar J, Shahlaee A, Sharma P. En Face: Disappearing Outer Retinal Dots in Treated Syphilitic Chorioretinitis. Ophthalmology. 2016 Mar; 123(3):557.
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Relhan N, Albini TA, Pathengay A, Kuriyan AE, Miller D, Flynn HW. Endophthalmitis caused by Gram-positive organisms with reduced vancomycin susceptibility: literature review and options for treatment. Br J Ophthalmol. 2016 Apr; 100(4):446-52.