Acanthamoeba astronyxis

Preferred Label : Acanthamoeba astronyxis;

NCIt definition : A species of motile, unicellular eukaryotic amoebae within the family of Acanthamoebidae. A. astronyxis is placed in morphological group I with a 18s rRNA gene sequence type of T7. Members of this group are characterized by the presence of relatively large cysts in comparison to that of species in morphological groups II and III. This species is a human pathogen and may cause granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and amoebic keratitis.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any amoebic organism that can be assigned to the species Acanthamoeba astronyxis.;

Taxon ID : 65658;

Details

Origin ID

C119297;

UMLS CUI

C0320460;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Acanthamoeba astronyxis (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- acanthamoeba astronyxis [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Eukaryote [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Acanthamoeba astronyxis (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- acanthamoeba astronyxis [SNOMED Notion]
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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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