"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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blood Culture" by people in Profiles.
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Examining the effect of direct-from-blood bacterial testing on antibiotic administration and clinical outcomes: a protocol and statistical analysis plan for a pragmatic randomised trial. BMJ Open. 2025 Jan 11; 15(1):e090263.
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Association of Diagnostic Stewardship for Blood Cultures in Critically Ill Children With Culture Rates, Antibiotic Use, and Patient Outcomes: Results of the Bright STAR Collaborative. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 07 01; 176(7):690-698.
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Determining the Electronic Signature of Infection in Electronic Health Record Data. Crit Care Med. 2021 07 01; 49(7):e673-e682.
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Neurodevelopmental outcomes following neonatal late-onset sepsis and blood culture-negative conditions. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2021 Sep; 106(5):467-473.
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The Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Model to Predict Bacteremia and Fungemia in Hospitalized Patients Using Electronic Health Record Data. Crit Care Med. 2020 11; 48(11):e1020-e1028.
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Time to First Culture Positivity for Gram-Negative Rods Resistant to Ceftriaxone in Critically Ill Adults. J Intensive Care Med. 2021 Jan; 36(1):51-57.
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Performance of PCR/Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry on Whole Blood for Detection of Bloodstream Microorganisms in Patients with Suspected Sepsis. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 08 24; 58(9).
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Pediatric Febrile Neutropenia: Change in Etiology of Bacteremia, Empiric Choice of Therapy and Clinical Outcomes. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 08; 42(6):e445-e451.
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Clinical Utility of Anaerobic and Fungal Blood Cultures in the Pediatric Oncologic Population. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 07; 42(5):345-349.
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Time to First Culture Positivity Among Critically Ill Adults With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Growth in Respiratory or Blood Cultures. Ann Pharmacother. 2020 02; 54(2):131-137.