Clostridioides difficile

Preferred Label : Clostridioides difficile;

MeSH definition : A common inhabitant of the colon flora in human infants and sometimes in adults. It produces a toxin that causes pseudomembranous enterocolitis (ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS) in patients receiving antibiotic therapy.; A common inhabitant of the colon flora in human infants and sometimes in adults. The type species Clostridioides difficile is formerly known as Clostridium difficile. It is a causative agent for CLOSTRIDIOIDES INFECTIONS and is associated with PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS ENTEROCOLITIS in patients receiving antibiotic therapy.;

MeSH synonym : Clostridium difficile;

CISMeF synonym : clostridium difficile;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Clostridioides difficile (bacteria);

MeSH annotation : infection probably ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; infection: coordinate IM with probably ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS (IM); otherwise coordinate with CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTIONS (IM) see CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; infection: coordinate with probably ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; otherwise coordinate with CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE INFECTIONS see CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridioides difficile (bacteria);

UNII : txid1496;

Details

Origin ID

D016360;

UMLS CUI

C0079134;

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)
- Difficult (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Not Difficult [NCIt concept]
- difficult [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Clostridioides difficile [LOINC component]
- Clostridioides difficile [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Clostridioides difficile (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Clostridium difficile [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Clostridium difficile [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- Clostridium difficile [NCIt concept]
- clostridium difficile [SNOMED Notion]
- clostridium difficile [EMDN type]
Indexing information
- OP-1118 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- c. diff infections [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- Clostridioides difficile [MeSH concept]
See also
- enterocolitis, pseudomembranous [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Clostridium difficile Measurement [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Bacterium [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Clostridioides difficile [LOINC component]
- Clostridioides difficile [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Clostridioides difficile (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Clostridium difficile [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Clostridium difficile [NCIt concept]
- clostridium difficile [SNOMED Notion]

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