Clostridium difficile Infection

Preferred Label : Clostridium difficile Infection;

NCIt synonyms : C. diff Infection; Clostridioides difficile Infection;

NCIt related terms : Clostridioides difficile (c. diff);

NCIt definition : A bacterial infection caused by Clostridium difficile (Clostridioides difficile), which is a spore-forming, toxin-producing Gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that is transmitted by the fecal-oral route. Infection may cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon, and risk factors include use of antibiotic medication, advanced age, and hospital or long-term care facility admission.;

NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL1663067;

Details

Origin ID

C180523;

UMLS CUI

C0343386;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Clostridioides difficile infection [MedDRA LLT]
- Clostridium difficile Infections [MeSH concept]
- Clostridium difficile infection [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- Clostridium difficile infection [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Infection caused by Clostridioides difficile (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Infection with Clostridioides difficile [LOINC component]
- c. diff infections [MedlinePlus Topic]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Digestive System [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Clostridioides difficile infection [MedDRA LLT]
- Clostridium difficile infection [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Infection caused by Clostridioides difficile (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Infection with Clostridioides difficile [LOINC component]
- c. diff infections [MedlinePlus Topic]
- clostridium difficile infection [Disease (Nov.)]
Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
- clostridium infections [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- Digestive System [NCIt concept]

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