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TETRACYCLINE

tĕˌtrəsīˈklēn, any of a group of antibiotics produced by bacteria of the genus Streptomyces. They are effective against a wide range of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, interfering with protein synthesis in these microorganisms (see Gram's stain). Tetracycline is used to treat rickettsial bacterial infections such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, some eye, respiratory, intestinal, and urinary infections, some kinds of acne, and some diseases where the infecting microorganism is resistant to penicillin (see drug resistance). Tetracycline may cause permanent discoloration of developing teeth, and it is not given to pregnant and lactating women and growing children. Because of the development of strains of microorganisms resistant to the tetracyclines, these antibiotics have lost some of their usefulness. Aureomycin is a trade name for the derivative chlortetracycline, and Terramycin is a trade name for oxytetracycline.

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The Politics of the International Pricing of Prescription Drugs
Book by Christopher Scott Harrison; Praeger, 2004
Subjects:	Pharmaceutical Industry--United States, Prescription Pricing, Prescription Pricing--Government Policy--United States, Prescription Pricing--United States
...Pfizer received a patent for tetracycline-produced by dischlorination...its method of producing tetracycline hydrochloride, then it...require a product license from tetracyclines patent holder, Pfizer...of sharing a monopoly on tetracycline if the Patent Office could...

Magic Bullets, Lost Horizons: The Rise and Fall of Antibiotics
Book by Sebastian G. B. Amyes; Taylor & Francis, 2001
Subjects:	Antibiotics, Antibiotics--History, Antibiotics--Side Effects, Drug Resistance
...certainly the easiest to identify. Tetracycline is a natural antibiotic originally...transferase enzyme that could inactivate tetracycline. Indeed, on plasmids that confer transferable tetracycline resistance, there are no genes that...

Gay Histories and Cultures
Book by George E. Haggerty, John Beynon, Douglas Eisner; Garland, 2000
Subjects:	Gays--History, Gays--Social Life And Customs
...histolytica (Protozoan) Metronidazole, tetracycline, Paromomycin Chloroquine (liver...Balantidiasis Balantidium coli (Protozoan) tetracycline Cervix and Throat Infection Actinomyces...Actinomycetes) Penicillin G, ampicillin, tetracycline, erythromycin Chancroid Haemophilus...

Our Synthetic Environment
Book by Lewis Herber; Knopf, 1962
Subjects:	Environmental Health, Human Ecology
...public health. Feed supplemented with tetracycline, for example, has already produced resistant...showed that the B. coli in the feces of tetracycline-fed animals were predominantly tetracycline-resistant," observes H. William Smith...

The Antibiotic Paradox: How Miracle Drugs Are Destroying the Miracle
Book by Stuart B. Levy; Plenum Press, 1992
Subjects:	Antibiotics, Drug Resistance In Microorganisms
...uncommon. One family showed me some tetracycline that was outdated. There is not any...alone its safety. And in the case of tetracycline, as it ages, it converts to a chemical...angrily demanded a prescription for tetracycline, a drug she knew by name because she...

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journal articles on: Tetracycline - 142 results

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Unexpected Expression Pattern of Tetracycline-regulated Transgenes in Mice
Journal article by M. Bao-Cutrona, P. Moral; Genetics, Vol. 181, 2009
Subjects:	International law, Proteins, Rodents
...Unexpected Expression Pattern of Tetracycline-regulated Transgenes in Mice by M. Bao-Cutrona , P. Moral THE tetracycline-based tet-off system (Gossen...demonstrated that in vivo the expressed tetracycline-controlled transactivator...

Airborne Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from a Concentrated Swine Feeding Operation
Journal article by Amy Chapin, Ana Rule, Kristen Gibson, Timothy Buckley, Kellogg Schwab; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 113, 2005
Subjects:	National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
...erythromycin, clindamycin, virginiamycin, tetracycline, and vancomycin using the agar dilution...lincomycin, virginiamycin, and tetracycline (Food and Drug Administration 2004...Several different antibiotics, including tetracycline, tylosin (an analog to erythromycin...

Exit from Arsenite-Induced Mitotic Arrest Is P53 Dependent
Journal article by Samuel C. Mcneely, Xiaogiang Xu, B. Frazier Taylor, Wolfgang Zacharias, Michael J. Mccabe Jr., J. Christopher States; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, 2006
Subjects:	Apoptosis, Gene therapy
...expression is regulated exogenously in a tetracycline-off system (TR9-7 cells), our...7 cells (human fibroblasts with tetracycline-regulated p53 expression), arsenite...cells in the presence of 15 ng/mL tetracycline (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh...

Isolation of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria from the Air Plume Downwind of a Swine Confined or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Journal article by Shawn G. Gibbs, Christopher F. Green, Patrick M. Tarwater, Linda C. Mota, Kristina D. Mena, Pasquale V. Scarpino; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, 2006
Subjects:	Animal feeding and feeds, Antibiotics, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Microbial drug resistance, Pork industry, Staphylococcus aureus, Swine
...oxytetracycline, 30 microg tetracycline, 15 microg erythromycin...are both penicillins, tetracycline and oxytetracycline are both tetracyclines, lincomycin is a lincosamide...oxytetracycline (p = 0.010), tetracycline (p = 0.014), ampicillin...

Salmonella and Other Enterobacteriaceae in Dairy-Cow Feed Ingredients: Antimicrobial Resistance in Western Oregon
Journal article by Riam S. Kidd, Annette M. Rossignol, Michael J. Gamroth; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 64, 2002
Subjects:	Animal feeding and feeds--Contamination, Animal feeding and feeds--Safety and security measures, Dairy cattle--Food and nutrition, Enterobacteriaceae--Environmental aspects, Food safety--Safety and security measures, Food--Safety and security measures, Foodborne diseases--Environmental aspects, Salmonella--Environmental aspects
...to streptomycin and tetracycline observed in the current...of streptomycinand tetracycline-resistant strains...streptomycin; gentacin; and tetracyclines. Ciprofloxacin is...year-round. The tetracycline disc used in the current...class disc for all tetracyclines that are used to treat...

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The Tetracycline Revival
Magazine article by Tammy Chernin; Drug Topics, Vol. 145, April 2, 2001
Subjects:	Antibiotics, Dental care, United States
The Tetracycline Revival by Tammy Chernin The tetracyclines are being given a new life...the development of novel tetracycline derivatives that do not have...reported that not only do the tetracycline derivatives inhibit collagen...

Helicobacter Pylori: Causes and Cures
Magazine article by John S. Williamson, Christy M. Wyandt; Drug Topics, Vol. 143, November 1, 1999
...chemotherapy regimens. A combination of tetracycline, bismuth, and metronidazole taken...including: amoxicillin 500 mg qid tetracycline 500 mg qid metronidazole 250 mg qid...The substitution of amoxicillin for tetracycline in triple therapy lowers the overall...

Feeding Animals Wonder Drugs and Creating Super Bugs
Magazine article by Bill Rados; FDA Consumer, Vol. 19, February 1985
Subjects:	Animal nutrition--Research, Antibiotics in animal nutrition--Research, Bacterial genetics--Research, Crawford, Lester--Interviews, Drug resistance in microorganisms--Research, Meat industry--Economic aspects, Microbial drug resistance--Research, United States. Food and Drug Administration--Officials and employees, Veterinary antibiotics--Research
...Medicine proposed limiting penicillin and tetracycline, there was a division of opinion in...than in the past. The penicillin and tetracycline preparations were on the market first...drugs are not to include penicillin and tetracycline. But we are not in the position of...

Microbial Resistance: the Plague of Tomorrow
Magazine article by John S. Williamson, Christy M. Wyandt; Drug Topics, Vol. 145, May 21, 2001
Subjects:	Antibiotics, Continuing education, Drug resistance, Pharmacists, United States
...the streptomycins, tetracyclines, and quinolones...aminoglycosides, tetracycline, chloramphenicol...mechanisms common for the tetracyclines, the fosfomycins...cell. For example, tetracycline uptake in the Enterobacteriaceae...rapid phase, the tetracycline molecule binds to...

Chemical and Biological Agents of War: Concept, Cause, Care
Magazine article by Domenic A. Sammarco; Drug Topics, Vol. 146, January 21, 2002
Subjects:	Biological & chemical weapons, Health care, Pharmaceutical industry, Pharmacists, United States
...such as chloramphenicol and tetracycline are often effective, but...the vaccine. Treatment. Tetracyclines have been the mainstay of...illness, treatment with a tetracycline shortens the course of the...attempted prophylaxis with a tetracycline (20 gm of oxytetracycline...

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newspaper articles on: Tetracycline - 57 results

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Tetracycline Yellows Teeth in Young Children
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 13, 2008
Tetracycline Yellows Teeth in Young Children. Q...when I was 3. Doctors prescribed me tetracycline. I think it was the antibiotic of...turned yellow. What can I do? Is tetracycline still being used today? A. Tetracycline...

Sterile Mosquitoes Use Sex to Kill in Dengue Trial
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 11, 2010
Subjects:	Dengue, Dengue fever, Mosquitoes
...on a certain antidote, in this case an antibiotic called tetracycline."We put a segment of DNA into the mosquito which means...reporters at a briefing in London on Thursday."By giving them tetracycline in the lab, we can keep them alive and breed large numbers...

SURGERY; I'm in Agony Every Time I Begin to Smile
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), January 7, 2001
...my baby? A THE main antibiotic to avoid in pregnancy is tetracycline, which affects the babys bones and teeth. Your GP should...prescribing it. Most other antibiotics are safe in pregnancy and tetracycline isnt normally used to treat urine infections. Ask your GP...

Antibiotic Touted as Treatment for Gulf War Disease: Organism Found to Cause Infections
Newspaper article by Joyce Howard Price; The Washington Times, October 31, 1999
Subjects:	Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
...many patients with Gulf war syndrome with the antibiotic tetracycline. "Dr. Gordon has seen some get better, though hes not...with a years treatment with the antibiotic, doxycycline, a tetracycline derivative, and whether the infection leaves their bloodstream...

CLUB CLASS FACE; It's Irritating, Embarrassing -- and One in 20 People Suffer from It. Here the Star of Spooks, Whose Looks Are Crucial to Her Career, Bravely Confesses That She Has the Condition Known As. My Red Skin Was Perfect for the Chip Pan Scene - Now That's Real Method Acting
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 16, 2009
Subjects:	Actors--Methods, Actresses--Methods
...was initially prescribed steroid cream and the antibiotic Tetracycline, which is often given to treat acne because of its anti...considered an essentially cosmetic condition . Oral antibiotics Tetracycline or Metronidazole for episodic flareups usually help and the...

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encyclopedia articles on: Tetracycline - 11 results

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Tetracycline
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TETRACYCLINE te tr si klen, any of...see Grams stain ). Tetracycline is used to treat rickettsial...see drug resistance ). Tetracycline may cause permanent discoloration...microorganisms resistant to the tetracyclines, these antibiotics have...

Sexually Transmitted Disease
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...through anemia and general debility. Antibiotics such as tetracycline can eliminate the infection. Lymphogranuloma venereum...rectal mucosa may cause intestinal obstruction or stricture. Tetracycline is the drug of choice, although other antibiotics are effective...

Rickettsia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Q fever also causes lung damage. All rickettsial diseases respond to treatment with antibiotics such as doxycycline (a tetracycline ) and chloramphenicol . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the...

Protein
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...see nutrition ). The mechanism of action of many widely used antibiotics, such as streptomycin , chloramphenicol , and tetracycline , can be understood in terms of their ability to interfere with some stage of protein synthesis in bacteria...

Typhus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...diseases are characterized by high fever and an early onset of rash and headache. They respond to antibiotic treatment with tetracycline and chloramphenicol and can be prevented by vaccination. Epidemic typhus, the most serious in the group, is caused by...

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