"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 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methicillin" by people in Profiles.
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Cenizal MJ, Hardy RD, Anderson M, Katz K, Skiest DJ. Prevalence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization in HIV-infected ambulatory patients. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Aug 15; 48(5):567-71.
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Haessler S, Mackenzie T, Kirkland KB. Long-term outcomes following infection with meticillin-resistant or meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. J Hosp Infect. 2008 May; 69(1):39-45.
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Skiest DJ, Brown K, Cooper TW, Hoffman-Roberts H, Mussa HR, Elliott AC. Prospective comparison of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant community-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections in hospitalized patients. J Infect. 2007 May; 54(5):427-34.
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Ellison RT, Judson FN, Peterson LC, Cohn DL, Ehret JM. Oral rifampin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole therapy in asymptomatic carriers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. West J Med. 1984 May; 140(5):735-40.