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tetracyclines
tetracyclines (tet-ră-sy-kleenz) pl. n. a group of antibiotic compounds derived from cultures of Streptomyces bacteria. These drugs, including doxycycline, oxytetracycline, and tetracycline, are effective against a wide range of bacterial infections, including Chlamydia, respiratory tract infections, and acne. They are usually given by mouth.
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The tetracyclines
Magazine article from: Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...cost of all tetracycline prescriptions...AVAILABLE TETRACYCLINES-SIMILARITIES...other generic tetracyclines. The cost of...equivalent to that of tetracycline. Antimicrobial Activity The tetracyclines inhibit a wide...
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Tetracycline pleurodesis: adios, farewell, adieu. (Editorial)
Magazine article from: Chest; 1/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; Intrapleural instillation of tetracycline combined with thoracostomy tube...demonstrated efficacy of intrapleural tetracycline for recurrent pneumothoraces...and clinical applications for tetracycline pleurodesis. Unfortunately...
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Tetracycline and doxycycline inhibit pleural fluid metalloproteinases: a possible mechanism for chemical pleurodesis.
Magazine article from: Chest; 4/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...and adhesions of tetracycline pleurodesis...effusions. Since tetracyclines are recognized...conclude that tetracyclines are effective...to account for tetracycline pleurodesis...the capacity of tetracyclines to inhibit both...members of the tetracycline family. Tetracycline...
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Tetracycline Effects on Candida Albicans Virulence Factors
Magazine article from: Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Object. To determine if tetracycline, previously reported to increase...with sublethal concentrations of tetracycline and yeast cell counts, hyphal...previously reported methods. Results. Tetracycline concentrations above 150 g/mL...
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Novel Tetracyclines Advance Treatment Options.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 1/16/2002; 700+ words
; ...searching Paratek's tetracycline library for those...first discovered, tetracyclines were rapidly adopted...efficacy of these new tetracycline compounds in a...finding novel tetracyclines in Paratek's...reproduction, as tetracyclines are classically...with our novel tetracycline ...
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Chemical biology of tetracycline antibiotics (1).
Magazine article from: Biochemistry and Cell Biology; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...famille des tetracyclines. Mots-cles : antibiotique, tetracycline, biosynthese...Introduction Tetracyclines (Fig. 1...pathways of tetracyclines. The availability...structures of tetracycline bound to the...
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Adsorption and Precipitation of Tetracycline with Struvite
Magazine article from: Water Environment Research; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...quinolones (antibiotic), and tetracyclines (antibiotic) are susceptible...Vartanian et al., 1998). Tetracyclines are a widely used polyketide...Figure 1), which enable tetracyclines to exhibit a pH-dependent...Koza and Nsiah, 2002). Tetracycline has three dissociation constants...
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Adsorption characteristics of tetracycline by two soils: assessing role of soil organic matter.(Report)
Magazine article from: Australian Journal of Soil Research; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Introduction Tetracycline has been extensively...Zhang et al. 2008). Tetracycline antibiotics are ranked...Jjemba 2002), of tetracyclines administered to animals...which can have high tetracycline residues by receiving...
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Creation of tetracycline regulatable knockouts of ORFF gene from the LD1 locus of Leishmania donovani.(open reading frame F)(Report)
Magazine article from: American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; Abstract: The tetracycline repressor/operator system was adapted...35, we have attempted to generate tetracycline regulatable single allele mutants...Leishmania cells expressing the tetracycline repressor were transfected with tetracycline...
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Comparison of the effectiveness of tetracycline and minocycline as pleural sclerosing agents in rabbits.
Magazine article from: Chest; 8/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; Parenteral tetracycline, one of the most commonly used agents...determine whether minocycline, a tetracycline derivative, is an effective sclerosant...intrapleurally in anesthetized male rabbits: tetracycline, 35 mg/kg; or minocycline, 4...
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Tetracyclines
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...oxytetracycline tetracycline General use All tetracyclines are used...bioterrorism. Some tetracycline derivatives...therapy. Tetracyclines have been...interaction between tetracyclines and minerals...by taking tetracycline on an empty...
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tetracycline
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tetracycline , any of a group of antibiotics...see Gram's stain ). Tetracycline is used to treat rickettsial...see drug resistance ). Tetracycline may cause permanent discoloration...microorganisms resistant to the tetracyclines, these antibiotics have...
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tetracyclines
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
tetracyclines (tet-ră- sy -kleenz) pl. n. a group of antibiotic...bacteria. These drugs, including doxycycline, oxytetracycline, and tetracycline, are effective against a wide range of bacterial infections, including...
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Demeclocycline
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...spectrum antibiotic of the tetracycline family. Demeclocycline...alleviated in other ways. The tetracycline derivative demeclocycline...SIADH. Description This tetracycline derivative is isolated from...absorption of orally administered tetracyclines and should not used by patients...
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Aureomycin
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
...properties. One of these classes of drugs was the tetracyclines. Tetracyclines are a family of antibiotics similar to penicillin...Duggar's Research Aureomycin, the first of the tetracyclines, was discovered in 1948 by American botanist...
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