Antibiotic - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Antibiotic;

NCIt synonyms : Antimicrobial Agent; Antibiotic Agents; Antibiotics; Antibiotic Drugs;

NCIt related terms : Antibiotic Therapy; Antimicrobial;

NCIt definition : Substances naturally produced by microorganisms or their derivatives that selectively target microorganisms not humans. Antibiotics kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms by targeting components of the microbial cell absent from human cells, including bacterial cell walls, cell membrane, and 30S or 50S ribosomal subunits. These substances are used in the treatment of bacterial and other microbial infections.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A substance that kills microorganisms such as bacteria or mold, or stops them from growing and causing disease.; NICHD: Substances that kill or inhibit the growth or other functions of microorganisms. These substances are used in the treatment of bacterial and other microbial infections, though this term is most often used to describe antibacterial agents.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000462661; CDR0000045967;

Details

Origin ID

C258;

UMLS CUI

C0003232;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- ANTISEPTIC [Cladimed Gamm]
- Antibiotic [UMLS semantic type]
- Antibiotic therapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Antibiotic therapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Antibiotics [ACR pathology]
- Antibiotics [HPMULTI term]
- Antimicrobial (disposition) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Antimicrobials [LOINC component]
- Substance with antimicrobial mechanism of action (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tic caused by drug (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- anti-bacterial agents [MeSH Descriptor]
- anti-infective agents [MeSH Descriptor]
- antibiotic [Radlex concept]
- antibiotic therapy [CISMeF Querying Strategy]
- microbicides [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Antibiotic [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Antibiotic (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Antibiotics [LOINC component]
- antibiotic, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- antibiotics [MedlinePlus Topic]
- antibiotics [MeSH concept]
chemical_or_drug_initiates_biological_process
- Antibiotic Resistance [NCIt concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- CPTAC Baseline Medical Forms Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Surgery-Anesthesia Form [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Agent Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]

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