a derivative of penicillin used esp. in treating staphylococcal infections resistant to penicillin
Word origin
ox- + azole + penicillin
oxacillin in American English
(ˌɑksəˈsɪlɪn)
noun
Pharmacology
a semisynthetic penicillin, C19H19N3O5S, used in the treatment of serious staphylococcal infections
Word origin
[1960–65; (is)oxa(zole), a component of its chemical name + (peni)cillin]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bicycle kick, buyback, deinstitutionalize, pop art, proxemics
Examples of 'oxacillin' in a sentence
oxacillin
High levels of resistance were however expressed by all isolates to penicillin, oxacillin and ampicillin.
S. P. Wamala, K. K. Mugimba, S. Mutoloki, Ø. Evensen, R. Mdegela, D. K. Byarugaba,H. Sørum 2018, 'Occurrence and antibiotic susceptibility of fish bacteria isolated from Oreochromisniloticus (Nile tilapia) and Clarias gariepinus (African catfish) in Uganda', Fisheries and Aquatic Scienceshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41240-017-0080-x. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility for oxacillin was 96% and that for vancomycin 100%.
Patricia Cornejo-Juárez, Consuelo Velásquez-Acosta, Adriana Díaz-González, PatriciaVolkow-Fernández 2005, 'Tendencia del perfil de sensibilidad antimicrobiana de los aislamientos de sangreen un hospital oncológico (1998-2003) Trend of antimicrobial drug-susceptibility ofblood isolates at an oncological center (1998-2003)', Salud Pública de Méxicohttp://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342005000400006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Isolates were characterized by oxacillin broth microdilution, whole-genome sequencing, and bioformatics analysis.
Kate A. Worthing, Sybille Schwendener, Vincent Perreten, Sugiyono Saputra, GeoffreyW. Coombs, Stanley Pang, Mark R. Davies, Sam Abraham, Darren J. Trott, JacquelineM. Norris 2018, 'Characterization of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Elements from Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus pseudintermedius Infections in Australian Animals', mSpherehttps://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00491-18. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Aeromonas isolates from both locations were 100% resistant to penicillin, oxacillin, ampicillin, and vancomycin.
Isoken H. Igbinosa, Anthony I. Okoh 2012, 'Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile of Aeromonas Species Isolated from Wastewater TreatmentPlant', The Scientific World Journalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/764563. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Susceptibility to oxacillin and vancomycin was determined by minimum inhibitory concentration test.
Suelen Teixeira Faria, Aline Cristina Rissato Piekarski, Maria Cristina Bronharo Tognim,Sueli Donizete Borelli, João Bedendo 2011, 'Perfil fenotípico e genotípico de Staphylococcus aureus isolados de estudantes deenfermagem, 2008 Perfil fenotípico y genotípico del Staphylococcus aureus aisladosde estudiantes de enfermería, 2008 Phenotypic and genotypic profile of Staphylococcusaureus isolated in nursing students, 2008', Acta Paulista de Enfermagemhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21002011000200009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
He was treated with oxacillin and prednisone.
Lucas Moreira Oliveira, Mário de Seixas Rocha, Gyoguevara Sol Patriota, GabrielliTigre Cunha, Geise Rezende Paiva, Angelo Sérgio Campos Souza, Airton Campos Fauth,Carlos Geraldo Guerreiro de Moura, Constança Margarida Sampaio Cruz 2013, 'Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha Habermann Disease: Case Report of a Dark-Skinned Patient',Case Reports in Dermatologyhttp://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/346742. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The most common resistance was observed against methicillin and oxacillin.
Elif SEVİM, Ali SEVİM 2015, 'Plasmid Mediated Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Resistance in Bacillus Strains IsolatedFrom Soils in Rize, Turkey', Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisihttp://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/sdufenbed/article/view/1089005386. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Methicillin resistance was confirmed using cefoxitin and oxacillin disks.
Sangita Thapa, Lokendra Bahadur Sapkota 2016, 'Prevalence of inducible clindamycin resistance in erythromycin resistant clinicalisolates of Staphylococcus aureus and CONS at tertiary care hospital', Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepalhttp://nepjol.info/index.php/JCMSN/article/view/16011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ivermectin 200mcg/kg/day treatment was initiated and oxacillin associated.
Vitor Valente Lopes, Luis Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias, Nina Brunet Saraiva Rodrigues,Andréa Pinheiro de Moraes, Robério Dias Leite, Gláucia Maria Lima Ferreira 2018, 'Disseminated cutaneous larva migrans in a 7-year-old patient', Journal of Health & Biological Scienceshttp://periodicos.unichristus.edu.br/index.php/jhbs/article/view/2175. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Of these, 24 (15.2%) were resistant to oxacillin and 30 resistant to mupirocin (18.9%).
Josely Pinto de Moura, Elucir Gir, Juliana de Oliveira Rosa, Fernando Belíssimo-Rodrigues,Elaine Drehmer de Almeida Cruz, Ana Claudia Alves de Oliveira, Fabiana Cristina Pimenta 2010, 'Resistência à mupirocina entre isolados de Staphylococcus aureus de profissionaisde enfermagem Resistencia al mupirocin en cepas aisladas de Staphylococcus aureusde profesionales de enfermería Mupirocin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in samplesbelonging to professional nurses', Acta Paulista de Enfermagemhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21002010000300014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)