"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)
| Descriptor ID |
D010406
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099.750 D02.886.108.750 D03.633.100.300.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Penicillins- Penicillins
- Antibiotics, Penicillin
- Penicillin Antibiotics
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Penicillins" by people in Profiles.
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Geographical migration and fitness dynamics of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Nature. 2024 Jul; 631(8020):386-392.
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A global genomic perspective on the multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae 15A-CC63 sub-lineage following pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction. Microb Genom. 2023 04; 9(4).
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Antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype distribution of Streptococcus agalactiae rectovaginal colonising isolates from pregnant women at a tertiary hospital in Pretoria, South Africa: An observational descriptive study. S Afr Med J. 2020 Aug 31; 110(9):869-871.
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Factors associated with ceftriaxone nonsusceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae: analysis of South African national surveillance data, 2003 to 2010. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Jun; 58(6):3293-305.
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Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis and antibiotic nonsusceptibility in invasive pneumococcal disease. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Mar; 56(3):1602-5.
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Quadriplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (lytA, mef, erm, pbp2b(wt)) for pneumococcal detection and assessment of antibiotic susceptibility. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011 Dec; 71(4):453-6.
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Serotype 6C is associated with penicillin-susceptible meningeal infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults among invasive pneumococcal isolates previously identified as serotype 6A in South Africa. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2008 Nov; 32 Suppl 1:S66-70.
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Oral antibiotics for the treatment of severe pneumonia in children. Lancet. 2004 Sep 25-Oct 1; 364(9440):1104-5.
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An international prospective study of pneumococcal bacteremia: correlation with in vitro resistance, antibiotics administered, and clinical outcome. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jul 15; 37(2):230-7.
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Pneumonia in term neonates: laboratory studies and duration of antibiotic therapy. J Perinatol. 2003 Jul-Aug; 23(5):372-7.