| Descriptor English: | Methicillin | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Meticilina 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Meticilina | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Méticilline | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | Dimethoxyphenyl Penicillin Methicillin Hydrate, Monosodium Salt Methicillin Monohydrate, Monosodium Salt Methicillin Sodium Meticillin Metin Penicillin, Dimethoxyphenyl Staphcillin | ||||||
| Tree number(s): | D02.065.589.099.750.500 D02.886.108.750.500 D03.633.100.300.750.500 | ||||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008712 | ||||||
| Scope note: | 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. | ||||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | AA                                                            analogs & derivatives AD administration & dosage AE adverse effects AG agonists AI antagonists & inhibitors AN analysis BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CH chemistry CL classification CS chemical synthesis EC economics HI history IM immunology IP isolation & purification ME metabolism PD pharmacology PK pharmacokinetics PO poisoning RE radiation effects SD supply & distribution ST standards TO toxicity TU therapeutic use UR urine | ||||||
| Pharm Action: | Anti-Bacterial Agents | ||||||
| Registry Number: | Q91FH1328A | ||||||
| CAS Type 1 Name: | 4-Thia-1-azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid, 6-((2,6-dimethoxybenzoyl)amino)-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-, (2S-(2alpha,5alpha,6beta))- | ||||||
| Related: | Methicillin Resistance
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| DeCS ID: | 8889 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D008712 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2017/05/24 | 
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                        Methicillin                                            
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                        Staphcillin                                            
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                        Metin                                            
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                        Methicillin Hydrate, Monosodium Salt                                            
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                        Methicillin Sodium                                            
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                | Concept UI | M0013570 | 
| Scope note | 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. | 
| Preferred term | Methicillin | 
| Entry term(s) | Dimethoxyphenyl Penicillin Meticillin Penicillin, Dimethoxyphenyl | 
| Concept UI | M0013571 | 
| Preferred term | Staphcillin | 
| Concept UI | M0474840 | 
| Preferred term | Metin | 
| Concept UI | M0330128 | 
| Preferred term | Methicillin Hydrate, Monosodium Salt | 
| Concept UI | M0330129 | 
| Preferred term | Methicillin Sodium | 
| Entry term(s) | Methicillin Monohydrate, Monosodium Salt | 
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