Microbial Sensitivity Tests

"Microbial Sensitivity Tests" 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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Any tests that demonstrate the relative efficacy of different chemotherapeutic agents against specific microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, fungi, viruses).

Descriptor ID	D008826
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.225.875.595 E05.200.875.595 E05.337.550.400
Concept/Terms	Microbial Sensitivity Tests Microbial Sensitivity Tests Microbial Sensitivity Test Sensitivity Test, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Microbial Test, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Microbial Sensitivity Drug Sensitivity Assay, Microbial Antimicrobial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination Antimicrobial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination Breakpoint Determination, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Virus Drug Sensitivity Tests Virus Drug Sensitivity Tests Viral Drug Sensitivity Tests Breakpoint Determination, Antibacterial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination, Antibacterial Susceptibility Antibacterial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination Fungus Drug Sensitivity Tests Fungus Drug Sensitivity Tests Fungal Drug Sensitivity Tests Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Concentration, Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations, Minimum Inhibitory Inhibitory Concentration, Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations, Minimum Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations Antibiogram Antibiogram Antibiograms Bacterial Sensitivity Tests Bacterial Sensitivity Tests Tests, Bacterial Sensitivity Sensitivity Tests, Bacterial Test, Bacterial Sensitivity Bacterial Sensitivity Test Sensitivity Test, Bacterial

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E01.370.225]
Microbiological Techniques [E01.370.225.875]
Microbial Sensitivity Tests [E01.370.225.875.595]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E05.200]
Microbiological Techniques [E05.200.875]
Microbial Sensitivity Tests [E05.200.875.595]
Evaluation Studies as Topic [E05.337]
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical [E05.337.550]
Microbial Sensitivity Tests [E05.337.550.400]

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Bar chart showing 174 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	2	3
1998	0	2	2
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	4	4
2003	0	2	2
2004	0	3	3
2005	0	5	5
2006	1	9	10
2007	0	6	6
2008	0	5	5
2009	0	6	6
2010	2	0	2
2011	0	7	7
2012	0	12	12
2013	0	5	5
2014	1	7	8
2015	2	9	11
2016	0	3	3
2017	0	6	6
2018	1	6	7
2019	2	11	13
2020	0	9	9
2021	1	9	10
2022	0	5	5
2023	0	5	5
2024	3	8	11
2025	0	10	10
2026	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Microbial Sensitivity Tests" by people in Profiles.

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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Kaur J, Spielvogel E, Nageswara Rao D, Rusere LN, Shaqra AM, Lockbaum GJ, Maryam A, Yilmaz NK, Swanstrom R, Schiffer CA, Ali A. Fluorinated HIV-1 protease inhibitors containing chiral hydroxyethylbenzene and indanol as P2' ligands with potent activity against drug-resistant variants. Eur J Med Chem. 2026 Feb 15; 304:118510.

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D'Almeida RE, Chen P, Huang Y, Goetz E, Sammeta VR, Yang B, Rao RP, Rasapalli S, Elfawal MA. Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a focused pyrrolo- and pyrido-quinazolinone natural products-templated library for anti-fungal and anthelmintic activities. Bioorg Med Chem. 2026 Mar; 134:118517.

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Bond AN, Orzechowski M, Zhang S, Ben-Zion I, Lemmer A, Garry N, Lee K, Chen M, Delano K, Gath E, Golas AL, Nietupski R, Fitzgerald M, Ehrt S, Rubin EJ, Sassetti CM, Schnappinger D, Shoresh N, Hunt DK, Gomez JE, Hung DT. Reference-based chemical-genetic interaction profiling to elucidate small molecule mechanism of action in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Commun. 2025 Nov 03; 16(1):9673.

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Noor S, Hassan MA, Aslam MA, Muhammad SA, Quosain Naqvi T, Batool Alvi G, Nagaraj H, Bilal Hussain S, Rotello VM. Fungal Biosystems for the Fabrication of Copper Nanoparticles: An Effective Approach for the Treatment of Bacterial Biofilms. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2025 Jul 30; 17(30):42706-42716.

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Truong-Bolduc QC, Wang Y, Lawton BG, Zweifach JJ, McDevitt GM, El Abdellaoui Y, Brown Harding H, Yonker LM, Rahme LG, Vyas JM, Hooper DC. NorA and Tet38 efflux pumps enable Staphylococcus aureus survival in the cystic fibrosis airway environment, resistance to antibiotics, and coinfection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025 08 06; 69(8):e0046025.

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Bhattarai SK, Bucci V, Mortzfeld BM. Ec W: A Novel Narrow-Spectrum Class IIb Microcin from Escherichia coli. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins. 2026 01; 18(1):560-566.

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Gupta A, Hassan MA, Ndugire W, Park J, Noor S, Nagaraj H, Chakraborty S, Rotello VM. Light-Triggered Bioorthogonal Nanozyme Hydrogels for Prodrug Activation and Treatment of Bacterial Biofilms. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2025 May 07; 17(18):26361-26370.

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Russo TA, Broczkowski B, Sallerson S, Knee A, Lorenzo MP. Association Between Erythromycin or Clindamycin Resistance and 30-Day Mortality in Patients With MSSA Bacteremia. J Pharm Pract. 2026 Feb; 39(1):18-24.

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