"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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| 2012 | 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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Space-time trends of community-onset Staphylococcus aureus infections in children: a group-based trajectory modeling approach. Ann Epidemiol. 2023 06; 82:45-53.e1.
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Longitudinal, strain-specific Staphylococcus aureus introduction and transmission events in households of children with community-associated meticillin-resistant S aureus skin and soft tissue infection: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 02; 20(2):188-198.
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Classic Spotlight: Molecular Biology of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol. 2016 07 15; 198(14):1903.
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Predictors of skin and soft tissue infections in HIV-infected outpatients in the community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus era. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 Feb; 34(2):339-47.
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VraT/YvqF is required for methicillin resistance and activation of the VraSR regulon in Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Jan; 57(1):83-95.
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Evolutionary dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus during progression from carriage to disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Mar 20; 109(12):4550-5.
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Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus as a predominantly healthcare-associated pathogen: a possible reversal of roles? PLoS One. 2011 Apr 13; 6(4):e18217.
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Severe Staphylococcus aureus infections caused by clonally related community-acquired methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant isolates. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Oct 15; 37(8):1050-8.
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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in healthy children attending an outpatient pediatric clinic. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Aug; 20(8):763-7.
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Activity of twenty-one antimicrobial agents including l-ofloxacin against quinolone-sensitive and -resistant, and methicillin-sensitive and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Chemotherapy. 1994 Jan-Feb; 40(1):21-5.