 Penicillins
"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)
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D010406
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099.750 D02.886.108.750 D03.438.260.825 D03.605.084.737 D04.075.080.875.099.221.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Penicillins- Penicillins
- Antibiotics, Penicillin
- Penicillin Antibiotics
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| 1981 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Penicillins" by people in Profiles.
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Tam VH, Mckinnon PS, Levine DP, Brandel SM, Rybak MJ. Once-daily aminoglycoside in the treatment of Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis: case report and review. Pharmacotherapy. 2000 Sep; 20(9):1116-9.
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Richards ML, Prince RA, Kenaley KA, Johnson JA, LeFrock JL. Antimicrobial penetration into cerebrospinal fluid. Drug Intell Clin Pharm. 1981 May; 15(5):341-68.
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BUCHA G. [Three cases of the malignant form of erythema exsudativum multiforme (Stevens-Johnson-syndrome)]. Monatsschr Kinderheilkd. 1955 Mar; 103(3):184-7.
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