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MeSH Heading: Cephalosporins
Tree Number(s): D02.065.589.099.249; D02.886.665.074; D03.633.100.300.249
Unique ID: D002511
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002511
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Antibiotics, Cephalosporin; Cephalosporanic Acid; Cephalosporanic Acids; Cephalosporin; Cephalosporin Antibiotic
Pharm Action: Anti-Bacterial Agents
NLM Classification #: QV 350.5.C3
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66(65)
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0003827
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Cephalosporins Preferred Term
Term UI T007318
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1965); Cephalosporin Antibiotic
Term UI T000998660
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Cephalosporin
Term UI T000998661
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antibiotics, Cephalosporin
Term UI T007319
Date08/19/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

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