soft tissue infections

Preferred Label : soft tissue infections;

MeSH definition : Infections of non-skeletal tissue, i.e., exclusive of bone, ligaments, cartilage, and fibrous tissue. The concept is usually referred to as skin and soft tissue infections and usually subcutaneous and muscle tissue are involved. The predisposing factors in anaerobic infections are trauma, ischemia, and surgery. The organisms often derive from the fecal or oral flora, particularly in wounds associated with intestinal surgery, decubitus ulcer, and human bites. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1688);

MeSH synonym : infections, soft tissue; infection, soft tissue; soft tissue infection;

MeSH annotation : GEN or unspecified soft tissue; coord IM with organism/infect precoord (IM); DF: SOFT TISSUE INFECT; general or unspecified; prefer specific soft tissue; coordinate with organism/infection term;

Details

Origin ID

D018461;

UMLS CUI

C0149778;

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)
- Soft Tissue Infection, CTCAE [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Soft Tissue Infection [NCIt concept]
- Soft tissue infection [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Soft tissue infection (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Soft tissue infection NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- soft tissue infection [Disease (Nov.)]
- soft tissue infection, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Manual BTNT mappings - CISMeF
- complicated skin and soft tissue infection [Indication]
Record concept(s)
- soft tissue infections [MeSH concept]
See also
- skin diseases, infectious [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- infections of the skin and soft tissue [CISMeF Querying Strategy]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Soft Tissue Infection [NCIt concept]
- Soft tissue infection [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Soft tissue infection (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Soft tissue infection NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- soft tissue infection [Disease (Nov.)]
- soft tissue infection, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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