Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Preferred Label : Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus;

NCIt synonyms : Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus;

NCIt related terms : VRSA;

NCIt definition : Strains of Staphylococcus aureus that are not readily killed by vancomycin antibiotics. Vancomycin resistance is acquired by mutation and thickening of the cell wall due to accumulation of excess amounts of peptidoglycan.;

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

Details

Origin ID

C125980;

UMLS CUI

C1319192;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Infection caused by vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MeSH concept]
- antibiotic resistance [MedlinePlus Topic]
- staphylococcal infections [MedlinePlus Topic]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [ICD-11 Sub-sub category]
- Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Bacterium [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MeSH Descriptor]
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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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