acanthamoeba keratitis

Preferred Label : acanthamoeba keratitis;

MeSH definition : Infection of the cornea by an ameboid protozoan which may cause corneal ulceration leading to blindness.;

MeSH synonym : keratitis, acanthamoeba; acanthamoeba keratitides; keratitides, acanthamoeba;

MeSH annotation : note category: a corneal dis: do not confuse with KERATOACANTHOMA, a skin dis;

Details

Origin ID

D015823;

UMLS CUI

C0000880;

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)
- Acanthameba keratitis [MedDRA LLT]
- Acanthamoeba keratitis [ICD-11 More detail]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Acanthamoeba Keratitis [NCIt concept]
- Acanthamoeba keratitis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Acanthamoeba keratitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Amoebic keratitis [ORDO Disease]
- acanthamoeba keratitis [Disease (Nov.)]
Manual NTBT mappings (CISMeF)
- Rare parasitic disease [ORDO Disease]
Mapping VCM hiérarchique
- infection parasitic [VCM modifier]
ORDO relation(s)
- Amoebic keratitis [ORDO Disease]
Record concept(s)
- acanthamoeba keratitis [MeSH concept]
SNOMED CT : Agent causal
- acanthamoeba [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- acanthamoeba [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Acanthameba keratitis [MedDRA LLT]
- Acanthamoeba Keratitis [NCIt concept]
- Acanthamoeba keratitis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Acanthamoeba keratitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Amoebic keratitis [ORDO Disease]
- acanthamoeba keratitis [Disease (Nov.)]

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