"Blood Culture" 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.
Test to determine the presence of blood infection (e.g. SEPSIS; BACTEREMIA).
| Descriptor ID |
D000071997
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.875.185 E05.200.875.185
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| Concept/Terms |
Blood Culture- Blood Culture
- Blood Cultures
- Culture, Blood
- Cultures, Blood
- Blood Culture Test
- Blood Culture Tests
- Culture Test, Blood
- Culture Tests, Blood
- Test, Blood Culture
- Tests, Blood Culture
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blood Culture" by people in Profiles.
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Paired Central and Peripheral Blood Cultures for Febrile Neutropenia in Pediatric Patients With Cancer: Do We Need Peripheral Blood Cultures? JCO Oncol Pract. 2026 Sep; 22(9):1608-1615.
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Clinical Utility of Routine Use of Fungal Blood Cultures. Am J Med. 2023 06; 136(6):514-517.
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Re: 'Time to blood culture positivity in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia to determine risk of infective endocarditis' by Kahn et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 09; 27(9):1365-1366.
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Follow-up Blood Cultures in Children With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. Pediatrics. 2020 12; 146(6).
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Time to Positive Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Cultures in Febrile Infants =60 Days of Age. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 09; 10(9):719-727.
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Is a single set of negative blood cultures sufficient to ensure clearance of bloodstream infection in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia? The skip phenomenon. Infection. 2019 Dec; 47(6):1047-1053.
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Role of prolonged blood culture incubation in infective endocarditis diagnosis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Jan; 38(1):197-198.
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Variation in Diagnostic Test Use and Associated Outcomes in Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome at Children's Hospitals. Hosp Pediatr. 2018 09; 8(9):530-537.