"Serum Bactericidal Test" 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.
Method of measuring the bactericidal activity contained in a patient's serum as a result of antimicrobial therapy. It is used to monitor the therapy in BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS and other serious bacterial infections. As commonly performed, the test is a variation of the broth dilution test. This test needs to be distinguished from testing of the naturally occurring BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY.
| Descriptor ID |
D015610
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.875.595.800 E05.200.875.595.800 E05.337.550.400.800
|
| Concept/Terms |
Serum Bactericidal Test- Serum Bactericidal Test
- Bactericidal Test, Serum
- Bactericidal Tests, Serum
- Serum Bactericidal Tests
- Test, Serum Bactericidal
- Tests, Serum Bactericidal
- Schlichter Test
- Test, Schlichter
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Serum Bactericidal Test".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Serum Bactericidal Test".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Serum Bactericidal Test" by people in this website by year, and whether "Serum Bactericidal Test" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Serum Bactericidal Test" by people in Profiles.
-
Efficacy of prophylactic antibiotics in vascular surgery: an arterial wall microbiologic and pharmacokinetic perspective. J Vasc Surg. 1989 Nov; 10(5):501-9; discussion 509-10.