| AAPC | antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis |
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| AAPMC | antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis |
| AB | abdominal; abnormal; abortion; Ace bandage; active bilaterally; aid to the blind; alcian blue; alert... |
| Ab | abortion; antibiotic; antibody |
| AC | abdominal circumference; abdominal compression; absorption coefficient; abuse case; acetate; acetylc... |
| MAR | Multiple Antibiotic Resistance |
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| OPAT | Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy |
| PAE | Post Antibiotic Effect |
| PA SME | post-antibiotic sub-MIC effect |
| antibiotic-resistant | Indicating microorganisms that continue to multiply although exposed to antibiotic agents. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| antibiotic sensitivity | Microbial susceptibility to antibiotics. See: antibiotic sensitivity test, minimal inhibitory concentration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antibiotic sensitivity test | The in vitro testing of bacterial cultures with antibiotics to determine susceptibility of bacteria to antibiotic therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| broad spectrum antibiotic | An antibiotic having a wide range of activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| resistance, antibiotic | The ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to withstand an antibiotic to which they were once sensitive (and were once stalled or killed outright). Also called drug resistance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peptide antibiotic lactonase | <enzyme> Peptide lactone and water gives linear peptide Registry number: EC 3.1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| diarrhoea, antibiotic-induced | A bacterium called Clostridium difficile (C.difficile), one of the most common causes of infection of the large bowel (colon). Patients taking antibiotics are at particular risk of becoming infected with C. Difficile. Antibiotics disrupt the normal bacteria of the bowel, allowing C. Difficile bacteria (and other bacteria) to become established and overgrow the colon. Many persons infected with C. Difficile bacteria have no symptoms but can become carriers of the bacteria and infect others. In other people, a toxin produced by C. Difficile causes diarrhoea, abdominal pain, severe inflammation of the colon (colitis), fever, an elevated white blood count, vomiting and dehydration. In severely affected patients, the inner lining of the colon becomes severely inflamed (a condition called pseudomembranous colitis). Rarely, the walls of the colon wear away and holes develop (colon perforation), which can lead to a life-threatening infection of the abdomen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transport antibiotic | A substance that makes biomembranes permeable to certain ions. (05 Mar 2000) |