Balantidium coli

Preferred Label : Balantidium coli;

NCIt related terms : Paramecium coli;

NCIt definition : A species of ciliated intestinal protozoan parasites in the family Balantiididae. Infection occurs by ingestion of a cyst, with the motile trophozoite residing in the large intestine. B. coli is the largest protozoan that infects humans.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any unicellular, eukaryotic organism that can be assigned to the species Balantidium coli.;

Taxon ID : 1073269;

Details

Origin ID

C122246;

UMLS CUI

C0004694;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Balantidium coli [MedDRA LLT]
- Balantidium coli [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Balantidium coli (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- balantidium coli [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Eukaryote [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Balantidium coli [MedDRA LLT]
- Balantidium coli [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Balantidium coli (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- balantidium coli [SNOMED Notion]
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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