"Amikacin" 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.
A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from KANAMYCIN. It is reno- and oto-toxic like the other aminoglycoside antibiotics.
| Descriptor ID |
D000583
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.408.051.476.060
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| Concept/Terms |
Amikin- Amikin
- Biklin
- Biclin
- Amiklin
- Amukin
BB-K8- BB-K8
- BB K8
- BBK8
- BB-K 8
- BB K 8
- BBK 8
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Amikacin" by people in Profiles.
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Cerebral abscess caused by Serratia marcescens in a premature neonate. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2007 Dec; 65(4A):1018-21.
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Aerosolized antimicrobials: another look. Crit Care Med. 1998 Jan; 26(1):5-6.
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Antimicrobial resistance rates among aerobic gram-negative bacilli recovered from patients in intensive care units: evaluation of a national postmarketing surveillance program. Clin Infect Dis. 1996 Oct; 23(4):779-84.
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Multicenter, randomized trial of ciprofloxacin plus azlocillin versus ceftazidime plus amikacin for empiric treatment of febrile neutropenic patients. Am J Med. 1989 Nov 30; 87(5A):278S-282S.
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Endemic aminoglycoside resistance in gram-negative bacilli: epidemiology and mechanisms. J Infect Dis. 1980 Mar; 141(3):338-45.