"Blood Culture" 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.
Test to determine the presence of blood infection (e.g. SEPSIS; BACTEREMIA).
| Descriptor ID |
D000071997
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.875.185 E05.200.875.185
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| Concept/Terms |
Blood Culture- Blood Culture
- Blood Cultures
- Culture, Blood
- Cultures, Blood
- Blood Culture Test
- Blood Culture Tests
- Culture Test, Blood
- Culture Tests, Blood
- Test, Blood Culture
- Tests, Blood Culture
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blood Culture" by people in Profiles.
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Ong SWX, Luo J, Fridman DJ, Lee SM, Johnstone J, Schwartz KL, Diong C, Patel SN, Macfadden DR, Langford BJ, Tong SYC, Brown KA, Daneman N. Epidemiology and clinical relevance of persistent bacteraemia in patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2024 Aug 01; 79(8):2053-2061.
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Ong SWX, Luo J, Fridman DJ, Lee SM, Johnstone J, Schwartz KL, Diong C, Patel SN, MacFadden D, Langford B, Tong SYC, Brown KA, Daneman N. Follow-up blood cultures do not reduce mortality in hospitalized patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective population-wide cohort study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024 Jul; 30(7):890-898.
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Gonzalez MD, Chao T, Pettengill MA. Modern Blood Culture: Management Decisions and Method Options. Clin Lab Med. 2020 12; 40(4):379-392.
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Kuo FC, Goswami K, Klement MR, Shohat N, Parvizi J. Positive Blood Cultures Decrease the Treatment Success in Acute Hematogenous Periprosthetic Joint Infection Treated With Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention. J Arthroplasty. 2019 Dec; 34(12):3030-3034.e1.
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Vareechon C, Bender JM, Zhou S, Dien Bard J. Infective Endocarditis in a Pediatric Patient. J Appl Lab Med. 2019 01; 3(4):720-723.
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Esposito A, Silverman ME, Diaz F, Fiesseler F, Magnes G, Salo D. Sepsis Core Measures - Are They Worth the Cost? J Emerg Med. 2018 Dec; 55(6):751-757.
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Vareechon C, Mestas J, Polanco CM, Dien Bard J. A 5-year study of the performance of the Verigene Gram-positive blood culture panel in a pediatric hospital. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Nov; 37(11):2091-2096.
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Nambiar PH, Tokarczyk M, DeSimone JA. Answer to October 2017 Photo Quiz. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 10; 55(10):3149-3150.
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Nambiar PH, Tokarczyk M, DeSimone JA. Photo Quiz: Fatal Septicemia in an Immunocompromised Patient. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 10; 55(10):2877.
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Yoo JH, Restrepo C, Chen AF, Parvizi J. Routine Workup of Postoperative Pyrexia Following Total Joint Arthroplasty Is Only Necessary in Select Circumstances. J Arthroplasty. 2017 02; 32(2):520-525.