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MeSH Heading: Anti-Infective Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.954.122
Unique ID: D000890
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000890
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specific groups
Scope Note: Substances that prevent infectious agents or organisms from spreading or kill infectious agents in order to prevent the spread of infection.
Entry Version: ANTI INFECT AGENTS
Entry Term(s): Anti-Infective Agent; Anti-Microbial Agent; Anti-Microbial Agents; Antiinfective Agents; Antimicrobial Agent; Antimicrobial Agents; Microbicide; Microbicides
See Also: Anthelmintics; Antiprotozoal Agents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0417930
Scope Note: Generically, any agent that destroys microbes. However, usage of the term is increasingly being confined to agents that prevent or reduce the transmission of SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.
Terms: Microbicides Preferred Term
Term UI T461175
Date09/12/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Microbicide
Term UI T001004246
Date12/27/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Anti-Microbial Agent
Term UI T001004247
Date12/27/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antimicrobial Agent
Term UI T001004248
Date12/27/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Anti-Microbial Agents
Term UI T627382
Date01/11/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Antimicrobial Agents
Term UI T627381
Date01/11/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006)

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