"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 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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Reflections of the Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Recall by the FDA and Repercussions on Healthcare. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2020 08; 34(4):579-584.
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Skin, Hair and Nail Supplements: An Evidence-Based Approach Skin Therapy Lett. 2019 Sep; 24(5):7-13.
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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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Safety of Prefilled Buffered Lidocaine Syringes With and Without Epinephrine. Dermatol Surg. 2016 Mar; 42(3):361-5.
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Dietary supplements: What's in a name? What's in the bottle? Drug Test Anal. 2016 Mar-Apr; 8(3-4):410-2.
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Reply to "not over yet: fungal infections following methyl prednisolone injections smoulder on". J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Sep; 52(9):3508.
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Contaminated heparin and outcomes after cardiac surgery: a retrospective propensity-matched cohort study. PLoS One. 2014; 9(8):e106096.
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Is bacteriostatic saline superior to normal saline as an echocardiographic contrast agent? Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Dec; 30(8):1483-9.
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Fungal DNA detected in blood samples of patients who received contaminated methylprednisolone injections reveals increased complexity of causative agents. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jun; 52(6):2212-5.
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Phenytoin toxicity from cocaine adulteration. West J Emerg Med. 2014 Mar; 15(2):127-30.