"Anti-Bacterial Agents" 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.
	
	
		
			
			
				Substances that inhibit the growth or reproduction of BACTERIA.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D000900
						 | 			
					
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 D27.505.954.122.085 
						 | 
					
					
						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Anti-Bacterial Agents- Anti-Bacterial Agents
 - Agents, Anti-Bacterial
 - Anti Bacterial Agents
 - Antibacterial Agents
 - Agents, Antibacterial
 - Anti-Bacterial Compounds
 - Anti Bacterial Compounds
 - Compounds, Anti-Bacterial
 
  Anti-Mycobacterial Agents- Anti-Mycobacterial Agents
 - Agents, Anti-Mycobacterial
 - Anti Mycobacterial Agents
 - Antimycobacterial Agents
 - Agents, Antimycobacterial
 
  
						 | 
					
					
				
			 
			
				Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Anti-Bacterial Agents".
				
			 
			
			
				Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Anti-Bacterial Agents".
				
			 
		 
	 
 
                                        
                                            
	
	
		
			
			
					
				This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Anti-Bacterial Agents" by people in this website by year, and whether "Anti-Bacterial Agents" was a major or minor topic of these publications. 
				
					
                    To see the data from this visualization as text, 
click here. 
				 
                
		            | Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total | 
|---|
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 
| 2008 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 
| 2010 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 
| 2011 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 
| 2012 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 
| 2016 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 
| 2018 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 
| 2019 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 
| 2020 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 
| 2021 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 
| 2022 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 
| 2023 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
                    To return to the timeline, 
click here.
                 
			 	
			
			
			
			
				Below are the most recent publications written about "Anti-Bacterial Agents" by people in Profiles.
						
					
								- 
								
Molecular Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcus in South Africa, 2019-2020. J Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 15; 231(4):e697-e707.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infections, South Africa, 2015-2023. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 Mar; 31(3):417-426.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
D-PRISM: a global survey-based study to assess diagnostic and treatment approaches in pneumonia managed in intensive care. Crit Care. 2024 Nov 22; 28(1):381.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
The challenges of difficult-to-treat Acinetobacter infections. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2024 Dec 10; 37(4):e0009324.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Enhancing clinical microbiology for genomic surveillance of antimicrobial resistance implementation in Africa. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2024 Nov 13; 13(1):135.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Sodium alginate/carboxymethylcellulose gel formulations containing Capparis sepieria plant extract for wound healing. Ther Deliv. 2024; 15(12):921-937.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Impact of age on antimicrobial prescriptions in hospitalized children at three academic centres in South Africa: a point prevalence survey. J Trop Pediatr. 2024 10 04; 70(6).
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease-causing lineages among South African children. Nat Commun. 2024 Sep 27; 15(1):8401.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
Vaccines in the fight against antimicrobial resistance - perspectives from South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2024 09 02; 114(9):e2111.
															
								 
							
								- 
								
The impact of colistin-based regimens on mortality compared to other antimicrobials in patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteremia in South African hospitals: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Jun 05; 24(1):561.