 Serum Bactericidal Test
"Serum Bactericidal Test" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Method of measuring the bactericidal activity contained in a patient's serum as a result of antimicrobial therapy. It is used to monitor the therapy in BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS and other serious bacterial infections. As commonly performed, the test is a variation of the broth dilution test. This test needs to be distinguished from testing of the naturally occurring BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY.
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D015610
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.875.595.800 E05.200.875.595.800 E05.337.550.400.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Serum Bactericidal Test- Serum Bactericidal Test
- Bactericidal Test, Serum
- Bactericidal Tests, Serum
- Serum Bactericidal Tests
- Test, Serum Bactericidal
- Tests, Serum Bactericidal
- Schlichter Test
- Test, Schlichter
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Miller RR, Lopansri BK, Burke JP, Levy M, Opal S, Rothman RE, D'Alessio FR, Sidhaye VK, Aggarwal NR, Balk R, Greenberg JA, Yoder M, Patel G, Gilbert E, Afshar M, Parada JP, Martin GS, Esper AM, Kempker JA, Narasimhan M, Tsegaye A, Hahn S, Mayo P, van der Poll T, Schultz MJ, Scicluna BP, Klein Klouwenberg P, Rapisarda A, Seldon TA, McHugh LC, Yager TD, Cermelli S, Sampson D, Rothwell V, Newman R, Bhide S, Fox BA, Kirk JT, Navalkar K, Davis RF, Brandon RA, Brandon RB. Validation of a Host Response Assay, SeptiCyte LAB, for Discriminating Sepsis from Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome in the ICU. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 10 01; 198(7):903-913.
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