"Bacteremia" 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 viable bacteria circulating in the blood. Fever, chills, tachycardia, and tachypnea are common acute manifestations of bacteremia. The majority of cases are seen in already hospitalized patients, most of whom have underlying diseases or procedures which render their bloodstreams susceptible to invasion.
| Descriptor ID |
D016470
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.100 C01.539.757.100 C23.550.470.790.500.100
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Bacteremia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Bacteremia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 1996 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1997 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2008 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2015 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2016 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2017 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bacteremia" by people in Profiles.
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Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Pediatrics: A Review. Pediatr Rev. 2025 Sep 01; 46(9):510-519.
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Opportunities to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship, and Identification of Blood Biomarkers Associated with Bacteremia Following CAR-T Cell Therapy. Transplant Cell Ther. 2025 Oct; 31(10):838.e1-838.e16.
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Platelets and mortality in bloodstream infection: a multicenter cohort study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2025 Oct; 31(10):1733-1736.
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The infected diabetic foot: Bacteraemia and endocarditis complicating moderate and severe foot infections. Int Wound J. 2025 May; 22(5):e70102.
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Incidence and Temporal Dynamics of Combined Infections in SARS-CoV-2-Infected Patients With Risk Factors for Severe Complications. J Korean Med Sci. 2025 Mar 24; 40(11):e38.
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Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease at a US Children's Hospital in the SARS-CoV-2 Era. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2025 Feb 28; 44(8):787-791.
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Early cytokine signatures and clinical phenotypes discriminate persistent from resolving MRSA bacteremia. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 18; 25(1):231.
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Diagnosis of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus bacteremia in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Am J Infect Control. 2025 May; 53(5):602-606.
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Effectiveness of ceftazidime-avibactam versus ceftolozane-tazobactam for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the USA (CACTUS): a multicentre, retrospective, observational study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 May; 25(5):574-584.
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Staphylococcus epidermidis ST2 strains associated with bloodstream infections contain a unique mobile genetic element encoding a plasmin inhibitor. mBio. 2024 Dec 11; 15(12):e0190724.