Trichosporon asahii

Preferred Label : Trichosporon asahii;

NCIt synonyms : T. asahii;

NCIt definition : A yeast in the phylum Basidiomycota. This species is round to oval shaped, with budding yeast-like cells, produces true hyphae forming cylindrical arthroconidia, and hydrolyzes urea. T. asahii is a common soil inhabitant and colonizes the skin and gastrointestinal tract of humans. It may cause superficial infections, disseminated trichosporonosis in immunocompromised individuals, fungemia and fatal septic shock.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any fungal organism that can be assigned to the species Trichosporon asahii.;

Taxon ID : 82508;

Details

Origin ID

C114272;

UMLS CUI

C0446051;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Trichosporon asahii [MeSH concept]
- Trichosporon asahii [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Trichosporon asahii (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Fungus [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Trichosporon asahii [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Trichosporon asahii (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
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- CDISC SDTM Microorganism Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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