"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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cephalosporins" by people in Profiles.
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Helicobacter pylori patient isolates from South Africa and Nigeria differ in virulence factor pathogenicity profile and associated gastric disease outcome. Sci Rep. 2020 07 10; 10(1):11409.
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Ceftolozane-tazobactam versus levofloxacin in urinary tract infection. Lancet. 2015 Sep 26; 386(10000):1241.
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In vitro evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of ceftaroline against cephalosporin-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Feb; 53(2):552-6.
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Emergence of drug resistance. Impact on bacterial meningitis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 1999 Sep; 13(3):637-46, vii.