Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Preferred Label : Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus;

NCIt synonyms : AB MRSA;

NCIt related terms : MRSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, METHICILLIN-RESISTANT; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus;

NCIt definition : A species of Gram-positive coccus-shaped bacterium in the family Micrococcaceae. This strain of S. aureus is resistant to methicillin and other beta-lactam antibiotics through the expression of penicillin-binding proteins acquired from other species.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus aureus and is resistant to methicillin.;

Details

Origin ID

C123515;

UMLS CUI

C1265292;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Colitis due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [ICD-11 More detail]
- MRSA [CISMeF Querying Strategy]
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [ICD-11 Sub-sub category]
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrier (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus culture (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus not detected by screening (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [LOINC component]
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [LOINC component]
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Methicillin-Resistant staphylococcus aureus [MeSH Descriptor]
- Methicillin-Resistant staphylococcus aureus [MeSH concept]
- mrsa [MedlinePlus Topic]
Semantic type(s)
- Bacterium [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [LOINC component]
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [LOINC component]
- Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Methicillin-Resistant staphylococcus aureus [MeSH Descriptor]
- Methicillin-Resistant staphylococcus aureus [MeSH 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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