Microbial Sensitivity Tests
"Microbial Sensitivity Tests" 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.
Any tests that demonstrate the relative efficacy of different chemotherapeutic agents against specific microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, fungi, viruses).
| Descriptor ID |
D008826
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.875.595 E05.200.875.595 E05.337.550.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Microbial Sensitivity Tests- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Microbial Sensitivity Test
- Sensitivity Test, Microbial
- Sensitivity Tests, Microbial
- Test, Microbial Sensitivity
- Tests, Microbial Sensitivity
- Drug Sensitivity Assay, Microbial
Minimum Inhibitory Concentration- Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
- Concentration, Minimum Inhibitory
- Concentrations, Minimum Inhibitory
- Inhibitory Concentration, Minimum
- Inhibitory Concentrations, Minimum
- Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations
Bacterial Sensitivity Tests- Bacterial Sensitivity Tests
- Tests, Bacterial Sensitivity
- Sensitivity Tests, Bacterial
- Test, Bacterial Sensitivity
- Bacterial Sensitivity Test
- Sensitivity Test, Bacterial
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 1997 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1998 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 1999 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2000 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2001 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 2002 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2003 | 3 | 22 | 25 |
| 2004 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2005 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2006 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2007 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2008 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2009 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2010 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2011 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| 2012 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 2013 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 2014 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 2015 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2016 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2017 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 2018 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2019 | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| 2020 | 2 | 29 | 31 |
| 2021 | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| 2022 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 2023 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2025 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2026 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microbial Sensitivity Tests" by people in Profiles.
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Aminoglycosides enhance meropenem/vaborbactam activity against KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the hollow fiber infection model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2026 Apr; 70(4):e0136525.
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Antimicrobial activity of native Lactobacillus cell-free supernatant against diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from hospitalized patients in northern Iran. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2026 Mar-Apr; 60:101063.
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Insights Into Global Antimicrobial Resistance Dynamics Through the Sequencing of Enteric Bacteria From US International Travelers. J Infect Dis. 2026 Jan 17; 233(1):e164-e173.
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Evaluating Photochemical Interactions Between Rose Bengal Photodynamic Antimicrobial Therapy and Topical Antifungals in Fungal Keratitis Isolates. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2026 Jan 05; 67(1):11.
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Microbiological profile and antibiotic resistance trends of preoperative conjunctival swabs: An 8-year retrospective analysis from a North Indian tertiary care ophthalmic center. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2026 Jan 01; 74(1):98-103.
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Efficacy of fourteen-day once-daily vonoprazan-based quadruple therapy for Helicobacter pylori in high clarithromycin-resistance regions (ONCE-VONO Trial). Sci Rep. 2025 Dec 18; 15(1):44105.
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N-benzyl-N-methyldithiocarbamate (BMDC) combines with metals to produce antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Staphylococcus epidermidis. mSphere. 2026 Jan 27; 11(1):e0069125.
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Antibiotics accumulate in Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses but fail to eliminate antibiotic-tolerant populations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Dec 02; 122(48):e2524436122.
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Application of FreezeTB, a targeted nanopore sequencing assay, for identification of drug resistance and lineages among pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Alaska. Microbiol Spectr. 2026 Jan 06; 14(1):e0233525.
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Invasive Pneumococcal Disease at Eight Children's Hospitals in the United States, 2018-2023. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2026 Apr 01; 45(4):300-306.