"Bacteremia" 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.
The presence of viable bacteria circulating in the blood. Fever, chills, tachycardia, and tachypnea are common acute manifestations of bacteremia. The majority of cases are seen in already hospitalized patients, most of whom have underlying diseases or procedures which render their bloodstreams susceptible to invasion.
| Descriptor ID |
D016470
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.100 C01.539.757.100 C23.550.470.790.500.100
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bacteremia" by people in Profiles.
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Lysaght TB, Wooster ME, Jenkins PC, Koniaris LG. Myiasis-induced sepsis: a rare case report of Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica and Ignatzschineria indica bacteremia in the continental United States. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Dec; 97(52):e13627.
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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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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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Meckmongkol TT, Costanzo C, Ciullo S, Prasad R, Arthur LG. Hidden morbidity of ethanol lock therapy. Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 Jan; 34(1):71-74.
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Satlin MJ, Vardhana S, Soave R, Shore TB, Mark TM, Jacobs SE, Walsh TJ, Gergis U. Impact of Prophylactic Levofloxacin on Rates of Bloodstream Infection and Fever in Neutropenic Patients with Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Oct; 21(10):1808-14.
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Zachariah P, Reagan J, Furuya EY, Dick A, Liu H, Herzig CT, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Stone PW, Saiman L. The association of state legal mandates for data submission of central line-associated bloodstream infections in neonatal intensive care units with process and outcome measures. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Sep; 35(9):1133-9.
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Inaba H, Gaur AH, Cao X, Flynn PM, Pounds SB, Avutu V, Marszal LN, Howard SC, Pui CH, Ribeiro RC, Hayden RT, Rubnitz JE. Feasibility, efficacy, and adverse effects of outpatient antibacterial prophylaxis in children with acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer. 2014 Jul 01; 120(13):1985-92.
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Wolf J, Curtis N, Worth LJ, Flynn PM. Central line-associated bloodstream infection in children: an update on treatment. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Aug; 32(8):905-10.
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Visrodia K, Shivashankar R, Oxentenko AS. A young woman with odynophagia, diarrhea, and perineal ulcerations. Crohn's disease, pyoderma gangrenosum, and E coli bacteremia. Gastroenterology. 2013 Sep; 145(3):517, 696.
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Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Furuya EY, Larson EL. Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia differ depending on the control group chosen. Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Nov; 141(11):2376-83.