enterococcus faecium

Preferred Label : enterococcus faecium;

MeSH definition : A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria whose organisms are normal flora of the intestinal tract. Unlike ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS, this species may produce an alpha-hemolytic reaction on blood agar and is unable to utilize pyruvic acid as an energy source.;

MeSH synonym : streptococcus faecium;

MeSH annotation : normal intestinal flora; do not confuse with ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; infection: coord IM with GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterococcus faecium;

UNII : txid1352;

Details

Origin ID

D016984;

UMLS CUI

C0085495;

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]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Enterococcus faecium [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Enterococcus faecium [LOINC component]
- Enterococcus faecium [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Enterococcus faecium [NCIt concept]
- Enterococcus faecium (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- enterococcus faecium [SNOMED Notion]
Indexing information
- streptogramin A acetyltransferase, enterococcus faecium [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- enterococcus faecium [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Bacterium [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Enterococcus faecium [LOINC component]
- Enterococcus faecium [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Enterococcus faecium [NCIt concept]
- Enterococcus faecium (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- enterococcus faecium [SNOMED Notion]

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