"Penicillins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Penicillins" by people in Profiles.
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Assessing diagnostic accuracy of congenital syphilis using penicillin administration data through the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database. Int J STD AIDS. 2025 May; 36(6):475-486.
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Should Penicillin Allergy Testing Be Included as Part of Preoperative Testing? J Healthc Qual. 2023 Sep-Oct 01; 45(5):255-260.
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Digital Antibiotic Allergy Decision Support Tool Improves Management of ß-Lactam Allergies. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2023 04; 11(4):1243-1252.e6.
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50 Years Ago in TheJournal ofPediatrics: Why Patients Don't Follow Medical Advice: A Study of Children on Long-Term Antistreptococcal Prophylaxis. J Pediatr. 2019 12; 215:63.
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Antibiotics Suppress Activation of Intestinal Mucosal Mast Cells and Reduce Dietary Lipid Absorption in Sprague-Dawley Rats. Gastroenterology. 2016 11; 151(5):923-932.
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Documenting Penicillin Allergy: The Impact of Inconsistency. PLoS One. 2016; 11(3):e0150514.
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Penicillins for treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia: does in vitro resistance really matter? Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Jan 15; 42(2):224-33.
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Intelligent real-time performance monitoring and quality prediction for batch/fed-batch cultivations. J Biotechnol. 2004 Feb 19; 108(1):61-77.
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Transcriptional induction of the penicillin-binding protein 2 gene in Staphylococcus aureus by cell wall-active antibiotics oxacillin and vancomycin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2003 Mar; 47(3):1028-36.
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Evidence for a continuum of decreased vancomycin susceptibility in unselected Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates. J Infect Dis. 2002 Sep 01; 186(5):661-7.