Methicillin

"Methicillin" 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.

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One of the PENICILLINS which is resistant to PENICILLINASE but susceptible to a penicillin-binding protein. It is inactivated by gastric acid so administered by injection.

Descriptor ID	D008712
MeSH Number(s)	D02.065.589.099.750.500 D02.886.108.750.500 D03.633.100.300.750.500
Concept/Terms	Methicillin Methicillin Meticillin Penicillin, Dimethoxyphenyl Dimethoxyphenyl Penicillin Staphcillin Staphcillin Metin Metin Methicillin Hydrate, Monosodium Salt Methicillin Hydrate, Monosodium Salt Methicillin Sodium Methicillin Sodium Methicillin Monohydrate, Monosodium Salt

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Amides [D02.065]
Lactams [D02.065.589]
beta-Lactams [D02.065.589.099]
Penicillins [D02.065.589.099.750]
Methicillin [D02.065.589.099.750.500]
Sulfur Compounds [D02.886]
beta-Lactams [D02.886.108]
Penicillins [D02.886.108.750]
Methicillin [D02.886.108.750.500]
Heterocyclic Compounds [D03]
Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring [D03.633]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring [D03.633.100]
beta-Lactams [D03.633.100.300]
Penicillins [D03.633.100.300.750]
Methicillin [D03.633.100.300.750.500]

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