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MEDLINE Indexing Online Training Course

Category B - Organisms

Subheadings

/drug effects Used with organisms for the effects of drugs and chemicals

The effect of azithromycin on Chlamydia trachomatis
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS /*drug eff
AZITHROMYCIN / *pharmacol
ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS /*pharmacol

/radiation effects Used for effects of ionizing and nonionizing radiation upon living organisms

The effect of ultraviolet irradiation on Salmonella typhimurium
SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM /* rad eff
*ULTRAVIOLET RAYS

/injuries (vertebrates only) Used with animals for wounds and injuries

Traumatic cow injuries in relation to housing systems
CATTLE /*inj
*HOUSING, ANIMAL
ANIMAL (check tag)

/classification Used for taxonomic or other systematic or hierarchical classification systems.

Taxonomic studies of the gamma proteobacteria
GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA /*class

/psychology Used with animal terms for animal behavior and psychology

Fear in old world monkeys
MONKEYS, OLD WORLD /*psychol
*FEAR
ANIMAL (check tag)

/surgery Used for operative procedures on organs, regions, or tissues in the treatment of diseases, including tissue section by lasers. It excludes transplantation, for which "transplantation" is used.

Surgical procedures in swine
SWINE /*surg
ANIMAL (check tag)

/isolation & purification Used with bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and helminths for the obtaining of pure strains or for the demonstration of the presence of or identification of organisms by DNA analyses, immunologic, or other methods, including culture techniques

Isolation of Streptococcus pyogenes from the oral mucosa
STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES /*isol
MOUTH MUCOSA /*microbiol

Last Reviewed: November 19, 2013