"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D002511
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099.249 D02.886.665.074 D03.633.100.300.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Cephalosporins- Cephalosporins
- Antibiotics, Cephalosporin
- Cephalosporin Antibiotics
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cephalosporins" by people in Profiles.
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Acinetobacter baumannii Resistance Trends in Children in the United States, 1999-2012. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2019 May 11; 8(2):136-142.
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Multi-hospital analysis of antimicrobial usage and resistance trends. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2001 Nov; 41(3):149-54.
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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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Multiple antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella and Escherichia coli in nursing homes. JAMA. 1999 Feb 10; 281(6):517-23.
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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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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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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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Infectious complications in left ventricular assist device recipients. Clin Infect Dis. 1997 Jan; 24(1):18-23.
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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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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.