Anti-Bacterial Agents

"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.

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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 Bacteriocidal Agents Bacteriocidal Agents Agents, Bacteriocidal Bacteriocides Anti-Mycobacterial Agents Anti-Mycobacterial Agents Agents, Anti-Mycobacterial Anti Mycobacterial Agents Antimycobacterial Agents Agents, Antimycobacterial Antibiotics Antibiotics Antibiotic

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]
Anti-Infective Agents [D27.505.954.122]
Anti-Bacterial Agents [D27.505.954.122.085]

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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.

Bar chart showing 653 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 46 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	2	2
1997	3	1	4
1998	4	6	10
1999	2	3	5
2000	3	4	7
2001	5	6	11
2002	6	3	9
2003	4	5	9
2004	6	5	11
2005	12	5	17
2006	11	11	22
2007	9	7	16
2008	12	9	21
2009	13	8	21
2010	8	5	13
2011	14	12	26
2012	10	12	22
2013	19	12	31
2014	20	10	30
2015	18	11	29
2016	21	12	33
2017	16	15	31
2018	19	17	36
2019	16	14	30
2020	23	23	46
2021	16	17	33
2022	4	29	33
2023	5	19	24
2024	18	15	33
2025	17	1	18
2026	13	7	20

Below are the most recent publications written about "Anti-Bacterial Agents" by people in Profiles.

Gitman M, Chow A, Hernandez C, Mutnal M, Henry N, Teckenbrock K, Chaudhary S, Fey PD, Stevenson JS, Chan YA, Pyden AD, Kearney M, von Bredow B, Chebib AA, Garrett EM, Pu M, Keelara S, Remington R, Carvalhaes C, Lasky C, Okeyo Owuor T, Bobenchik AM. A comparative analysis of performance and time-to-result for VITEK REVEAL versus MicroScan during antimicrobial susceptibility testing for gram-negative bacteremia. Microbiol Spectr. 2026 Oct 06; 14(10):e0162626.

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Deshpande A, Schulte R, Walker RE, Pallotta AM, Wang M, Kadri SS, Haessler S, Klompas M, Lindenauer PK, Rothberg MB. Impact of Procalcitonin Testing on Antibiotic Use in Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Multi-Hospital Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 09 02; 83(2):e427-e438.

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Sim JA, Lee W, Son JS, Um YW, Bae J, Seo JW, Kim JH, Yoo SH, Keam B. End-of-Life Antibiotic Use After the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Act in Korea. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Sep 01; 9(9):e2636508.

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Sun R, Gao S, Zhang Y, McClements DJ, Yan Q, Rashid A, Luo M, Wang W. Multifunctional bioinspired starch-agar/Co-MOFs films regulated by tannic acid with enhanced ammonia sensitivity and antimicrobial activity for intelligent food packaging. Food Res Int. 2026 Nov 01; 243(Pt 2):120420.

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Chiu P-W, Wang J-L, Hsueh S-C, Lee N-Y, Huang Y-T, Ko W-C, Hsueh P-R. Cefiderocol nonsusceptibility among carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii: data from the 2024 Antimicrobial Testing Leadership and Surveillance (ATLAS) program. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2026 Aug 05; 70(8):e0063426.

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Kang D, Yang Y, McClements DJ, Chen J, Ma D. Lotus leaf-inspired silk fibroin/sericin biomimetic active packaging films: Preparation, characterization, and application in extending shelf-life of pork and shrimp. Int J Biol Macromol. 2026 Jun; 367:152644.

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Richardson JD, Rotello VM, Van Lehn RC. Mechanistic insights into hydrophobicity-dependent antimicrobial selectivity of quaternary ammonium poly(oxanorborneneimide) polymers using coarse-grained simulations. Soft Matter. 2026 May 20; 22(19):3488-3505.

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Mihelj P, Moreyra T, Olea-Flores M, Carrizo ME, Padilla-Benavides T, Raimunda D. A periplasmic metallochaperone (PmcY) couples Zn2+ transport to sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2026 06 03; 70(6):e0031826.

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Fleck RC, Gorodyna O, Zhou H, Bryant H, Gadjeva M, Shea AE. Emerging pathogens in urinary tract infections: virulence and phenotypic characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. mSphere. 2026 Jun 30; 11(6):e0015126.

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Sim JA, Yu J, Bae J, Seo JW, Kim JH, Yoo SH, Keam B. Temporal association of palliative care consultation with the trajectory of broad-spectrum antibiotic use at the end of life in advanced cancer: A nationwide linked cohort study. Int J Infect Dis. 2026 Aug; 169:108779.

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