Acanthamoeba culbertsoni

Preferred Label : Acanthamoeba culbertsoni;

NCIt definition : A species of motile, unicellular eukaryotic amoebae within the family of Acanthamoebidae. A. culbertsoni is placed in morphological group III with a 18s rRNA gene sequence type of T10. Members of this group are characterized by the presence of thin, smooth ectocysts and round endocysts. 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 culbertsoni.;

Taxon ID : 43142;

Details

Origin ID

C119299;

UMLS CUI

C0018608;

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