Microbial Sensitivity Tests

"Microbial Sensitivity Tests" 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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Any tests that demonstrate the relative efficacy of different chemotherapeutic agents against specific microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, fungi, viruses).

Descriptor ID	D008826
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.225.875.595 E05.200.875.595 E05.337.550.400
Concept/Terms	Microbial Sensitivity Tests Microbial Sensitivity Tests Microbial Sensitivity Test Sensitivity Test, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Microbial Test, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Microbial Sensitivity Drug Sensitivity Assay, Microbial Antimicrobial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination Antimicrobial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination Breakpoint Determination, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Virus Drug Sensitivity Tests Virus Drug Sensitivity Tests Viral Drug Sensitivity Tests Breakpoint Determination, Antibacterial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination, Antibacterial Susceptibility Antibacterial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination Fungus Drug Sensitivity Tests Fungus Drug Sensitivity Tests Fungal Drug Sensitivity Tests Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Concentration, Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations, Minimum Inhibitory Inhibitory Concentration, Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations, Minimum Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations Antibiogram Antibiogram Antibiograms Bacterial Sensitivity Tests Bacterial Sensitivity Tests Tests, Bacterial Sensitivity Sensitivity Tests, Bacterial Test, Bacterial Sensitivity Bacterial Sensitivity Test Sensitivity Test, Bacterial

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E01.370.225]
Microbiological Techniques [E01.370.225.875]
Microbial Sensitivity Tests [E01.370.225.875.595]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E05.200]
Microbiological Techniques [E05.200.875]
Microbial Sensitivity Tests [E05.200.875.595]
Evaluation Studies as Topic [E05.337]
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical [E05.337.550]
Microbial Sensitivity Tests [E05.337.550.400]

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Bar chart showing 142 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2010 and 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	2	2
1997	0	2	2
1998	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	4	4
2002	0	3	3
2003	0	6	6
2004	1	7	8
2005	0	4	4
2006	0	5	5
2007	1	5	6
2008	1	2	3
2009	0	5	5
2010	1	10	11
2011	1	10	11
2012	0	8	8
2013	1	8	9
2014	0	9	9
2015	1	5	6
2016	1	5	6
2017	0	1	1
2018	0	3	3
2019	1	4	5
2020	0	9	9
2021	0	4	4
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	3	3
2024	3	0	3
2025	0	1	1

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Menon SV, Sandhwar V, Chaudhary S, Bhanot D, Arulselvan P, Govindasamy C, Khan MI, Suriyaprakash J, Thangavelu I, Boopathi TS. TiO2-sodium alginate core-shell nanosystem for higher antimicrobial wound healing application. Int J Biol Macromol. 2025 Apr; 300:139923.

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Nasir SAR, Zeeshan M, Ghanchi N, Saeed N, Ghayas H, Zaka S, Ashraf J, Jabeen K, Farooqi J, Hasan Z, Fatima T, Rezwan F, Mahmood SF, Arshad M, Khan E, Ozer EA, Hasan R. Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates from Pakistan: a genomic analysis. BMC Microbiol. 2024 Sep 14; 24(1):347.

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Neemuchwala A, Johnson K, Cronin K, Zittermann S, Peralta A, Allen VG, Patel SN. Characterization of azithromycin-resistant Shigella flexneri serotype 2a isolates using whole genome sequencing in Ontario from 2016 to 2018. Microbiol Spectr. 2024 10 03; 12(10):e0070624.

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Lizcano JD, Fern?ndez-Rodr?guez D, Goh GS, DeMik DE, Hughes AJ, Parvizi J, Courtney PM, Purtill JJ, Austin MS. In Vivo Intra-Articular Antibiotic Concentrations at 24 Hours After TKA Fall Below the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration for Most Bacteria: A Randomized Study of Commercially Available Bone Cement. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2024 Sep 18; 106(18):1664-1672.

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Zeeshan M, Memon S, Malick A, Naqvi SF, Farooqi J, Ghanchi NK, Jabeen K. Fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis complex candidemia and analysis of mutations in the ERG11 gene from Pakistan. Mycoses. 2024 Jan; 67(1):e13677.

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Arastehfar A, Daneshnia F, Hovhannisyan H, Fuentes D, Cabrera N, Quinteros C, Ilkit M, ?nal N, Hilmioglu-Polat S, Jabeen K, Zaka S, Desai JV, Lass-Fl?rl C, Shor E, Gabaldon T, Perlin DS. Overlooked Candida glabrata petites are echinocandin tolerant, induce host inflammatory responses, and display poor in vivo fitness. mBio. 2023 10 31; 14(5):e0118023.

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Tran C, Hargy J, Hess B, Pettengill MA. Estimated Impact of Low Isolate Numbers on the Reliability of Cumulative Antibiogram Data. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 02 14; 11(1):e0393922.

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Memon S, Ghanchi NK, Zafar U, Farooqi J, Zaka S, Jabeen K. Analysis of fks1 and fks2 gene mutations in invasive Candida glabrata strains from Pakistan. Mycoses. 2023 Jan; 66(1):52-58.

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Sun Z, Su L, Cotroneo N, Critchley I, Pucci M, Jain A, Palzkill T. Evaluation of Tebipenem Hydrolysis by ?-Lactamases Prevalent in Complicated Urinary Tract Infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022 05 17; 66(5):e0239621.

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Aragaw WW, Cotroneo N, Stokes S, Pucci M, Critchley I, Gengenbacher M, Dick T. In Vitro Resistance against DNA Gyrase Inhibitor SPR719 in Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium abscessus. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 02 23; 10(1):e0132121.

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