gas gangrene - CISMeF

Preferred Label : gas gangrene;

MeSH definition : A severe condition resulting from bacteria invading healthy muscle from adjacent traumatized muscle or soft tissue. The infection originates in a wound contaminated with bacteria of the genus CLOSTRIDIUM. C. perfringens accounts for the majority of cases (over eighty percent), while C. noyvi, C. septicum, and C. histolyticum cause most of the other cases.;

MeSH synonym : gangrene, gas; gas gangrenes; gangrenes, gas;

MeSH annotation : usually caused by Clostridium perfringens but all C. perfringens infections need not be gas gangrene;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas gangrene;

Details

Origin ID

D005738;

UMLS CUI

C0017105;

ATC code(s)
- gas-gangrene sera [ATC Code]
Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- transmission [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Gas gangrene [PASCAL descriptor]
- Gas gangrene [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Gas gangrene [ICD-11 Category]
- Gas gangrene [ICD-9 code]
- Gas gangrene [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Gas gangrene [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Gas gangrene (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gangrene [MedlinePlus Topic]
- gas gangrene [DO Concept]
- gas gangrene, nos [SNOMED Notion]
DO Cross reference
- gas gangrene [DO Concept]
Record concept(s)
- gas gangrene [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- gangrene [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Gas gangrene [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Gas gangrene [ICD-9 code]
- Gas gangrene [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Gas gangrene [ICD-11 Category]
- Gas gangrene (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gas gangrene [DO Concept]
- gas gangrene, nos [SNOMED Notion]

Keyword's position in hierarchy(ies) :

Main resources

You can consult :

recommendations
documents concerning education
documents for patients