"Rectum" 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.
The distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE, between the SIGMOID COLON and the ANAL CANAL.
| Descriptor ID |
D012007
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.124.526.767 A03.556.249.249.767
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rectum" by people in Profiles.
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Comparison of Daily Versus Admission and Discharge Surveillance Cultures for Multidrug-Resistant Organism Detection in an Intensive Care Unit. J Infect Dis. 2024 Oct 16; 230(4):807-815.
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A novel use of 3D-printed template in vaginal HDR brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2022 Mar-Apr; 21(2):238-243.
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The Utility of Prostate Specific Antigen Density, Prostate Health Index, and Prostate Health Index Density in Predicting Positive Prostate Biopsy Outcome is Dependent on the Prostate Biopsy Methods. Urology. 2019 07; 129:153-159.
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Predictors of fluoroquinolone-resistant bacteria in the rectal vault of men undergoing prostate biopsy. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2019 05; 22(2):268-275.
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Active screening and interfacility communication of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in a tertiary-care hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 09; 39(9):1058-1062.
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Predictors of Infectious Complications after Targeted Prophylaxis for Prostate Needle Biopsy. J Urol. 2018 01; 199(1):155-160.
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Long-term direct visualization of passively transferred fluorophore-conjugated antibodies. J Immunol Methods. 2017 11; 450:66-72.
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Rapid Identification of Five Classes of Carbapenem Resistance Genes Directly from Rectal Swabs by Use of the Xpert Carba-R Assay. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 07; 55(7):2268-2275.
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Modifiable Risk Factors for the Spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Among Long-Term Acute-Care Hospital Patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 06; 38(6):670-677.
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Optimization for high-dose-rate brachytherapy of cervical cancer with adaptive simulated annealing and gradient descent. Brachytherapy. 2014 Jul-Aug; 13(4):352-60.