"Bacterial Load" 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.
Measurable quantity of bacteria in an object, organism, or organism compartment.
| Descriptor ID |
D058491
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.875.150.115 E01.370.225.875.220.115 E05.200.875.150.115 E05.200.875.220.115 G06.099.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Bacterial Load- Bacterial Load
- Bacterial Loads
- Load, Bacterial
- Loads, Bacterial
Bacterial Count- Bacterial Count
- Count, Bacterial
- Counts, Bacterial
- Bacterial Counts
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bacterial Load" by people in Profiles.
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Differentially culturable tubercle bacteria as a measure of tuberculosis treatment response. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022; 12:1064148.
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Comparing rates of mycobacterial clearance in sputum smear-negative and smear-positive adults living with HIV. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 May 22; 21(1):466.
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Treatment of Highly Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis. N Engl J Med. 2020 03 05; 382(10):893-902.
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Evaluation of Pneumococcal Load in Blood by Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Young Children in the PERCH Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 15; 64(suppl_3):S357-S367.
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Density of Upper Respiratory Colonization With Streptococcus pneumoniae and Its Role in the Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Among Children Aged <5 Years in the PERCH Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 15; 64(suppl_3):S317-S327.
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Genomic load from sputum samples and nasopharyngeal swabs for diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in HIV-infected adults. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Dec; 52(12):4224-9.
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High nasopharyngeal pneumococcal density, increased by viral coinfection, is associated with invasive pneumococcal pneumonia. J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 15; 210(10):1649-57.
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HIV and influenza virus infections are associated with increased blood pneumococcal load: a prospective, hospital-based observational study in South Africa, 2009-2011. J Infect Dis. 2014 Jan 01; 209(1):56-65.