"Drug Contamination" 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 organisms, or any foreign material that makes a drug preparation impure.
| Descriptor ID |
D004340
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.360
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| Concept/Terms |
Drug Contamination- Drug Contamination
- Contamination, Drug
- Contaminations, Drug
- Drug Contaminations
Drug Adulteration- Drug Adulteration
- Adulteration, Drug
- Adulterations, Drug
- Drug Adulterations
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Contamination" by people in Profiles.
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An Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Complex Infections Associated with Contaminated Liquid Docusate. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 05; 38(5):567-573.
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Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes: a multi-state report. Am J Infect Control. 2011 Aug; 39(6):521-4.
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Impact on patient outcome following transfusion of bacterially contaminated platelets: the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center experience. Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Aug; 134(2):207-12.
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Multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infections caused by contamination of prefilled heparin and isotonic sodium chloride solution syringes. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Oct 12; 169(18):1705-11.
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma. Cancer Treat Res. 2001; 105:327-73.
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Pseudooutbreak of cryptococcal meningitis. J Clin Microbiol. 1982 Jun; 15(6):1141-3.
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Improved gas-liquid chromatographic-flame ionization detection assay of acetylsalicylic and salicylic acids. J Chromatogr. 1979 Jun 01; 174(1):239-44.
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Nature of the immunogen in crystalline serum albumins. Immunochemistry. 1970 Jan; 7(1):118-24.