Acanthamoeba castellanii

Preferred Label : Acanthamoeba castellanii;

NCIt definition : A species of motile, unicellular eukaryotic amoebae within the family of Acanthamoebidae. A. castellanii is placed in morphological group II with a 18s rRNA gene sequence type of T4. Members of this group are characterized by the presence of wrinkled ectocysts and endocysts which could be stellate, polygonal, triangular, or oval. 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 castellanii.;

Taxon ID : 5755;

Détails

Origin ID

C119298;

UMLS CUI

C0320458;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Acanthamoeba castellanii (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- acanthamoeba castellanii [SNOMED Notion]
- acanthamoeba castellanii [MeSH concept]
- acanthamoeba castellanii [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Eukaryote [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Acanthamoeba castellanii (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- acanthamoeba castellanii [SNOMED Notion]
- acanthamoeba castellanii [MeSH Descriptor]
- acanthamoeba castellanii [MeSH concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SDTM Microorganism Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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