"Feces" 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.
Excrement from the INTESTINES, containing unabsorbed solids, waste products, secretions, and BACTERIA of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
| Descriptor ID |
D005243
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A12.459
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1996 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1999 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2000 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2001 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2012 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2013 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2014 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 2015 | 9 | 21 | 30 |
| 2016 | 4 | 20 | 24 |
| 2017 | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 2018 | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| 2019 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 2020 | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| 2021 | 4 | 25 | 29 |
| 2022 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2023 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 2025 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Feces" by people in Profiles.
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Faecal pharmacokinetics, microbiome, and bile acid changes in healthy subjects given intravenous followed by oral omadacycline; a Phase 1 clinical trial. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2025 Oct 03; 80(10):2719-2726.
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Stool Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Is Elevated in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2025 Nov; 12(6):e200466.
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Menopause factors and alterations in gut microbiota and insulin homeostasis: A cross-sectional analysis of the microbiome and insulin longitudinal evaluation study (MILES). Diabetes Obes Metab. 2025 Oct; 27(10):5444-5454.
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High prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis in people living with HIV: A critical health challenge in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Jul; 19(7):e0013231.
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Impact of sanitation system types on residential and environmental presence of human waste and parasites in Alabama. Infect Dis Poverty. 2025 Jul 11; 14(1):65.
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Global diversity of soil-transmitted helminths reveals population-biased genetic variation that impacts diagnostic targets. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 10; 16(1):6374.
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Epidemiology of intestinal parasite infections and multiparasitism and their impact on growth and hemoglobin levels during childhood in tropical Ecuador: A longitudinal study using molecular detection methods. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Jun; 19(6):e0013004.
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Performance of a Novel Stool Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Pediatric Tuberculosis Detection in Sub-Saharan Africa. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2025 Jun 16; 14(6).
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Characterizing the metabolites of the tyrosine-kinase inhibitor pexidartinib in mouse feces, urine, plasma, and liver. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2025 Nov 15; 265:117034.
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Parallel use of low-complexity automated nucleic acid amplification tests on respiratory and stool samples with or without lateral flow lipoarabinomannan assays to detect pulmonary tuberculosis disease in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 06 11; 6:CD016071.