"Aztreonam" 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.
A monocyclic beta-lactam antibiotic originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum. It is resistant to beta-lactamases and is used in gram-negative infections, especially of the meninges, bladder, and kidneys. It may cause a superinfection with gram-positive organisms.
| Descriptor ID |
D001398
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099.500.044 D02.886.108.500.044 D03.383.411.350.044 D03.633.100.300.500.044
|
| Concept/Terms |
Aztreonam- Aztreonam
- Az-threonam
- Az threonam
- Azthreonam
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Aztreonam".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Aztreonam".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Aztreonam" by people in this website by year, and whether "Aztreonam" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Aztreonam" by people in Profiles.
-
Generalized Periodic Discharges With Triphasic Morphology in the Setting of Aztreonam Neurotoxicity. Clin EEG Neurosci. 2021 Jan; 52(1):66-68.
-
Successful Treatment of Bacteremia Due to NDM-1-Producing Morganella morganii with Aztreonam and Ceftazidime-Avibactam Combination in a Pediatric Patient with Hematologic Malignancy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 02; 63(2).
-
Successful Treatment of Bloodstream Infection Due to Metallo-?-Lactamase-Producing Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a Renal Transplant Patient. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 09; 60(9):5130-4.
-
Transient neutrophilic thrombophagocytosis associated with Citrobacter freundii septicemia. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2006 Dec; 130(12):1754-5.
-
Treatment of nosocomial postoperative pneumonia in cancer patients: a prospective randomized study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2001 Mar; 8(2):179-86.
-
Selection and characterization of amino acid substitutions at residues 237-240 of TEM-1 beta-lactamase with altered substrate specificity for aztreonam and ceftazidime. J Biol Chem. 1996 Sep 13; 271(37):22538-45.
-
Survey of antibiotic susceptibility among gram-negative bacilli at a cancer center. Chemotherapy. 1996 Sep-Oct; 42(5):348-53.
-
Concomitant crystal and septic arthritis. Orthopedics. 1996 Jul; 19(7):613-7.
-
A comparison of aztreonam plus vancomycin and imipenem plus vancomycin as initial therapy for febrile neutropenic cancer patients. Cancer. 1996 Apr 01; 77(7):1386-94.
-
Comparison of two schedules of cefoperazone plus aztreonam in the treatment of neutropenic patients with fever. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1991 Jul; 10(7):551-8.