 Cephalosporins
"Cephalosporins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of broad-spectrum antibiotics first isolated from the Mediterranean fungus ACREMONIUM. They contain the beta-lactam moiety thia-azabicyclo-octenecarboxylic acid also called 7-aminocephalosporanic acid.
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D002511
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099.249 D02.886.665.074 D04.075.080.875.099.221.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Cephalosporins- Cephalosporins
- Antibiotics, Cephalosporin
- Cephalosporin Antibiotics
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1986 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cephalosporins" by people in Profiles.
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Lesch CA, Itokazu GS, Danziger LH, Weinstein RA. Multi-hospital analysis of antimicrobial usage and resistance trends. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2001 Nov; 41(3):149-54.
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Akiyama M, Oishi K, Tao M, Matsumoto K, Pollack M. Antibacterial properties of Pseudomonas aeruginosa immunotype 1 lipopolysaccharide-specific monoclonal antibody (MAb) in a murine thigh infection model: combined effects of MAb and ceftazidime. Microbiol Immunol. 2000; 44(8):629-35.
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Wiener J, Quinn JP, Bradford PA, Goering RV, Nathan C, Bush K, Weinstein RA. Multiple antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella and Escherichia coli in nursing homes. JAMA. 1999 Feb 10; 281(6):517-23.
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Arbo MD, Hariharan R, Nathan C, Barefoot L, Weinstein RA, Snydman DR. Utility of serial rectal swab cultures for detection of ceftazidime- and imipenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli from patients in the intensive care unit. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1998 Oct; 17(10):727-30.
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Bonten MJ, Slaughter S, Ambergen AW, Hayden MK, van Voorhis J, Nathan C, Weinstein RA. The role of "colonization pressure" in the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci: an important infection control variable. Arch Intern Med. 1998 May 25; 158(10):1127-32.
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File TM, Segreti J, Dunbar L, Player R, Kohler R, Williams RR, Kojak C, Rubin A. A multicenter, randomized study comparing the efficacy and safety of intravenous and/or oral levofloxacin versus ceftriaxone and/or cefuroxime axetil in treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1997 Sep; 41(9):1965-72.
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Fischer SA, Trenholme GM, Costanzo MR, Piccione W. Infectious complications in left ventricular assist device recipients. Clin Infect Dis. 1997 Jan; 24(1):18-23.
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Itokazu GS, Quinn JP, Bell-Dixon C, Kahan FM, Weinstein RA. 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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Schiappa DA, Hayden MK, Matushek MG, Hashemi FN, Sullivan J, Smith KY, Miyashiro D, Quinn JP, Weinstein RA, Trenholme GM. Ceftazidime-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli bloodstream infection: a case-control and molecular epidemiologic investigation. J Infect Dis. 1996 Sep; 174(3):529-36.
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Segreti J, Levin S. Bacteriologic and clinical applications of a new extended-spectrum parenteral cephalosporin. Am J Med. 1996 Jun 24; 100(6A):45S-51S.
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