"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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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 19 | 21 | 40 |
| 2018 | 18 | 22 | 40 |
| 2019 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 2020 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blood Culture" by people in Profiles.
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Increase of blood culture contamination during COVID-19 pandemic. A retrospective descriptive study. Am J Infect Control. 2021 11; 49(11):1359-1361.
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Increased number of positive coagulase-negative staphylococci in blood cultures is partly explained by increased use of intra-arterial catheters in patients with COVID-19. J Hosp Infect. 2021 09; 115:126-127.
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Procalcitonin for the differential diagnosis of COVID-19 in the emergency department. Prospective monocentric study. Intern Emerg Med. 2021 09; 16(6):1733-1735.
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Low prevalence of bloodstream infection and high blood culture contamination rates in patients with COVID-19. PLoS One. 2020; 15(11):e0242533.
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The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response on central-line-associated bloodstream infections and blood culture contamination rates at a tertiary-care center in the Greater Detroit area. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 08; 42(8):997-1000.
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Few bacterial co-infections but frequent empiric antibiotic use in the early phase of hospitalized patients with COVID-19: results from a multicentre retrospective cohort study in The Netherlands. Infect Dis (Lond). 2021 02; 53(2):102-110.
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Recommendations for antibacterial therapy in adults with COVID-19 - an evidence based guideline. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Jan; 27(1):61-66.
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Incidence of co-infections and superinfections in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Jan; 27(1):83-88.
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Bacteremia and Blood Culture Utilization during COVID-19 Surge in New York City. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Jul 23; 58(8).
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Management of Fever in Infants and Young Children. Am Fam Physician. 2020 06 15; 101(12):721-729.