"Drug Contamination" 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 organisms, or any foreign material that makes a drug preparation impure.
| Descriptor ID |
D004340
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.360
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| Concept/Terms |
Drug Contamination- Drug Contamination
- Contamination, Drug
- Contaminations, Drug
- Drug Contaminations
Drug Adulteration- Drug Adulteration
- Adulteration, Drug
- Adulterations, Drug
- Drug Adulterations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Contamination" by people in Profiles.
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Influence of solid form impurity on punch sticking propensity of carbamazepine. Int J Pharm. 2026 Sep 05; 702:127245.
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Impact of a brief fentanyl educational intervention on demand for cocaine mixed with fentanyl. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2026 02 01; 279:113042.
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Probability of fentanyl adulteration in cocaine selectively decreases cocaine demand. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2026 Apr; 34(2):207-215.
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Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties Following Syringe-to-Syringe Mixing of Hyaluronic Acid Dermal Fillers. Dermatol Surg. 2020 12; 46(12):1606-1612.
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Compendial USP<71>, BacT/Alert Dual-T, and Bactec FX for Detection of Product Sterility Testing Contaminants. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 02; 57(2).
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Syndrome surveillance of fentanyl-laced heroin outbreaks: Utilization of EMS, Medical Examiner and Poison Center databases. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Nov; 35(11):1706-1708.
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Microbial contamination of transplant solutions during pancreatic islet autotransplants is not associated with clinical infection in a pediatric population. Pancreatology. 2016 Jul-Aug; 16(4):555-62.
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Consensus statement regarding storage and reuse of previously reconstituted neuromodulators. Dermatol Surg. 2015 Mar; 41(3):321-6.
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Adulteration and cultivation region identification of American ginseng using HPLC coupled with multivariate analysis. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2014 Oct; 99:8-15.
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Mycotic aneurysm and fungal spinal abscess due to tainted steroid injection. Br J Neurosurg. 2014 Jun; 28(3):416-7.