microsporum - CISMeF

Preferred Label : microsporum;

MeSH definition : A mitosporic Oxygenales fungal genus causing various diseases of the skin and hair. The species Microsporum canis produces TINEA CAPITIS and tinea corporis, which usually are acquired from domestic cats and dogs. Teleomorphs includes Arthroderma (Nannizzia). (Alexopoulos et al., Introductory Mycology, 4th edition, p305);

MeSH synonym : microsporons; microsporon; microsporums;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with the phylum MICROSPORIDIA, the class MICROSPOREA, nor with the order MICROSPORIDA; infection: coordinate IM with DERMATOMYCOSES (IM) or specific (IM); do not confuse with MICROSPORIDIOSIS;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsporum;

UNII : txid34392;

Details

Origin ID

D008864;

UMLS CUI

C0026033;

Allowable qualifiers
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- isolation and purification [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathogenicity [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Microsporum [NCIt concept]
- Microsporum (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- microsporum, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- microsporum [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- Microsporum appendiculatum [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Microsporum audouinii [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Microsporum canis [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Microsporum distortum [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Microsporum equinum [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Microsporum ferrugineum [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Microsporum guizhouense [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Microsporum langeronii [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Microsporum rivalieri [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
See also
- arthrodermataceae [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- dermatomycoses [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Fungus [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Microsporum [NCIt concept]
- Microsporum (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Microsporum species (organism) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- microsporum, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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