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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Microbial Sensitivity Tests".

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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Microbial Sensitivity Tests" by people in this website by year, and whether "Microbial Sensitivity Tests" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 440 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 25 publications in 2003 and 2015 and 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	2	3
1997	0	3	3
1998	0	6	6
1999	0	5	5
2000	1	10	11
2001	0	12	12
2002	2	22	24
2003	1	24	25
2004	2	15	17
2005	0	10	10
2006	0	11	11
2007	1	14	15
2008	4	18	22
2009	0	9	9
2010	2	16	18
2011	1	15	16
2012	1	14	15
2013	2	17	19
2014	0	20	20
2015	2	23	25
2016	3	22	25
2017	2	14	16
2018	1	16	17
2019	1	16	17
2020	0	19	19
2021	0	16	16
2022	0	11	11
2023	0	22	22
2024	7	2	9
2025	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Microbial Sensitivity Tests" by people in Profiles.

DeRyke CA, Wise MG, Bauer KA, Siddiqui F, Young K, Motyl MR, Sahm DF. Antimicrobial Activity of Imipenem/Relebactam and Comparator Agents Against Gram-Negative Isolates Collected From Pediatric Patients: SMART 2018-2022 Global Surveillance. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2025 Jan 20; 14(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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Karlowsky JA, Wise MG, Hackel MA, Six DA, Uehara T, Daigle DM, Pevear DC, Moeck G, Sahm DF. Cefepime-taniborbactam activity against antimicrobial-resistant clinical isolates of Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: GEARS global surveillance programme 2018-22. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2024 12 02; 79(12):3116-3131.

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Hameed P S, Kotakonda H, Sharma S, Nandishaiah R, Katagihallimath N, Rao R, Sadler C, Slater I, Morton M, Chandrasekaran A, Griffen E, Pillai D, Reddy S, Bharatham N, Venkatesan S, Jonnalagadda V, Jayaraman R, Nanjundappa M, Sharma M, Raveendran S, Rajagopal S, Tumma H, Watters A, Becker H, Lindley J, Flamm R, Huband M, Sahm D, Hackel M, Mathur T, Kolamunnage-Dona R, Unsworth J, Mcentee L, Farrington N, Manickam D, Chandrashekara N, Jayachandiran S, Reddy H, Shanker S, Richard V, Thomas T, Nagaraj S, Datta S, Sambandamurthy V, Ramachandran V, Clay R, Tomayko J, Das S, V B. BWC0977, a broad-spectrum antibacterial clinical candidate to treat multidrug resistant infections. Nat Commun. 2024 09 18; 15(1):8202.

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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 Oct 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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De Vito A, Geremia N, Marino A, Bavaro DF, Caruana G, Meschiari M, Colpani A, Mazzitelli M, Scaglione V, Venanzi Rullo E, Fiore V, Fois M, Campanella E, Pistar? E, Faltoni M, Nunnari G, Cattelan A, Mussini C, Bartoletti M, Vaira LA, Madeddu G. Assessing ChatGPT's theoretical knowledge and prescriptive accuracy in bacterial infections: a comparative study with infectious diseases residents and specialists. Infection. 2025 Jun; 53(3):873-881.

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Karlowsky JA, Lob SH, Hawser SP, Kothari N, Siddiqui F, Alekseeva I, DeRyke CA, Young K, Motyl MR, Sahm DF. Activity of ceftolozane/tazobactam and imipenem/relebactam against clinical isolates of Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa collected in Greece and Italy-SMART 2017-2021. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2024 Jul; 43(7):1343-1348.

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Khan MAS, Islam Z, Shah ST, Rahman SR. Characterization of biofilm formation and multi-drug resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hospital wastewater in Dhaka, Bangladesh. J Water Health. 2024 May; 22(5):825-834.

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