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MEDLINE Indexing Online Training Course

Category B - Organisms

Indexing Principles

Fungi [B01.300]
The coverage of fungi is not as extensive as that of bacteria; however there are specific MeSH terms for fungi of medical importance and fungi commonly used experimentally. Also there are MeSH terms for many of the orders and families of fungi. The presence of a fungus does not necessarily indicate an infection.

Demonstration of Histoplasma in the lung
LUNG/*microbiol
HISTOPLASMA/*isol

Coordinate with the appropriate pre-coordinated fungal term from other trees when needed such as DNA, FUNGAL, GENES, FUNGAL and ANTIGENS, FUNGAL

Last Reviewed: November 19, 2013