Sulfonamide Anti-Infective Agent

Preferred Label : Sulfonamide Anti-Infective Agent;

NCIt synonyms : Sulfonamides;

NCIt related terms : sulfonamide; sulfa drug;

NCIt definition : A class of natural or synthetic sulfanilamide derivatives with antibacterial activity. Sulfonamides are structural analogs of para-aminobenzoic acid (essential for microbial folate synthesis). Sulfonamides inhibit bacterial metabolism by competing with PABA for dihydropteroate synthase, thereby resulting in disruption of folic acid metabolism and ultimately DNA synthesis.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A type of antibiotic used to treat infection.;

NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL557618;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000367475; CDR0000367474;

Details

Origin ID

C29739;

UMLS CUI

C0599503;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Medicinal product containing sulfonamide and acting as antibacterial agent (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sulfonamides [ICHI section]
- Sulfonamides (heterocyclic) [Bloc CIM-11]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Sulfonamide [LOINC component]
- Sulfonamide (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sulphonamide [LOINC component]
- sulfanilamides [MeSH Descriptor]
- sulfonamide, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- sulfonamides [ATC Code]
- sulfonamides [ATC Code]
- sulfonamides [ATC Code]
- sulfonamides [ATC Code]
- sulfonamides [IUPAC Term]
- sulfonamides [MeSH Descriptor]
- sulfonamides [MeSH concept]
- sulfonamides (heterocyclic) [ATC Code]
False automatic mappings
- Sulfonamides [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Sulfonamides [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
Semantic type(s)
- Antibiotic [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Medicinal product containing sulfonamide and acting as antibacterial agent (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Substance with sulfonamide structure and antibacterial mechanism of action (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sulfonamide [LOINC component]
- Sulfonamides (heterocyclic) [Bloc CIM-11]
- sulfonamide, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Substance with sulfonamide structure and antibacterial mechanism of action (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]

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