Nitrofurantoin

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"Nitrofurantoin" 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.

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A urinary anti-infective agent effective against most gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. Although sulfonamides and antibiotics are usually the agents of choice for urinary tract infections, nitrofurantoin is widely used for prophylaxis and long-term suppression.

Descriptor ID

D009582

MeSH Number(s)

D02.640.600.566

D03.383.312.649.566

Concept/Terms

Nitrofurantoin Sodium Salt

Nitrofurantoin, Monohydrate

Furadantin

Furantoin

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Nitrofurantoin".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Nitro Compounds [D02.640]
Nitrofurans [D02.640.600]
Nitrofurantoin [D02.640.600.566]
Heterocyclic Compounds [D03]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring [D03.383]
Furans [D03.383.312]
Nitrofurans [D03.383.312.649]
Nitrofurantoin [D03.383.312.649.566]

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Bar chart showing 9 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	1	0	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2015	1	2	3
2016	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Nitrofurantoin" by people in Profiles.

Susceptibility of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Urine Isolates to Oral Antibiotics. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 05; 60(5):3138-40.

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Screening and treatment of maternal genitourinary tract infections in early pregnancy to prevent preterm birth in rural Sylhet, Bangladesh: a cluster randomized trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015 Dec 07; 15:326.

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Activity of fosfomycin and comparison of several susceptibility testing methods against contemporary urine isolates. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2015 Dec; 46(6):642-7.

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Two Simple Rules for Improving the Accuracy of Empiric Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Urinary Tract Infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Dec; 59(12):7593-6.

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Neonatal outcomes after gestational exposure to nitrofurantoin. Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Feb; 121(2 Pt 1):306-313.

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Antimicrobial resistance in uncomplicated urinary tract infections in 3 California EDs. Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Jul; 30(6):942-9.

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Use of nfsB, encoding nitroreductase, as a reporter gene to determine the mutational spectrum of spontaneous mutations in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. BMC Microbiol. 2009 Nov 23; 9:239.

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Acute kidney injury, hepatitis, and CPK elevation associated with nitrofurantoin therapy. Am J Med Sci. 2009 Feb; 337(2):132-3.

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One-day compared with 7-day nitrofurantoin for asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Feb; 113(2 Pt 1):339-45.

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Nitrofurantoin: the return of an old friend in the wake of growing resistance. BJU Int. 2008 Dec; 102(11):1634-7.

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