Concept information
Preferred term
Anti-Infective Agents
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- Substances that prevent infectious agents or organisms from spreading or kill infectious agents in order to prevent the spread of infection. 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.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Synonym(s)
- Anti-Infective Agent
- Antiinfective Agents
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- administration & dosage (Qualifier)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- analysis (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemical synthesis (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pharmacokinetics (Qualifier)
- pharmacology (Qualifier)
- poisoning (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- therapeutic use (Qualifier)
- toxicity (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Agents antiinfectieux
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Antiinfectieux
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Médicaments antiinfectieux
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GZXH27B4-B
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