Gram Staining Method

Preferred Label : Gram Staining Method;

NCIt synonyms : Gram Staining;

NCIt related terms : GRAM STAIN;

NCIt definition : This is a method (named after the Danish bacteriologist, Hans Christian Gram) for staining and identifying bacteria. It is based on the differential retention of a crystal violet-iodine complex within the cell membrane. Gram-positive organisms will appear blue-black or purple while Gram-negative organisms will appear red.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A microscopy staining method for staining and identifying bacteria, based on the differential retention of a crystal violet-iodine complex within the cell membrane. Gram-positive organisms will appear blue-black or purple while Gram-negative organisms will appear red.;

Details

Origin ID

C23014;

UMLS CUI

C0200966;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Gram stain [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Gram stain [IUPAC Term]
- Gram stain [LOINC method]
- Gram stain (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Gram stain technique (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gram stain [SNOMED Notion]
- gram's stain [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- gram's stain [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- Gram stain method (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Laboratory Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Gram stain [LOINC method]
- Gram stain [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Gram stain method (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Gram stain technique (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gram stain [SNOMED Notion]
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- CDISC SDTM Method Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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