Diphtheria - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Diphtheria;

NCIt definition : A Gram-positive bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. It usually involves the oral cavity, pharynx, and nasal cavity. Patients develop pseudomembranes in the affected areas and manifest signs and symptoms of an upper respiratory infection. The diphtheria toxin may cause myocarditis, polyneuritis, and other systemic effects.;

Alternative definition : NICHD: A toxicoinfection that is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae; it predominantly involves the upper respiratory tract, where pseudomembranes are characteristic. Cutaneous diphtheria, toxic myocardiopathy, and toxic neuropathy also can occur.;

Details

Origin ID

C34541;

UMLS CUI

C0012546;

CISMeF manual mappings
- Infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Diphtheria [PASCAL descriptor]
- Diphtheria [ICD-10 category]
- Diphtheria [ICD-9 code]
- Diphtheria [ICD-11 Category]
- Diphtheria [Vue CIM-11]
- Diphtheria [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Diphtheria [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Diphtheria [ORDO Disease]
- Diphtheria (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Diphtheria, unspecified [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Diphtheria, unspecified [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- diphtheria [DO Concept]
- diphtheria [Disease (Nov.)]
- diphtheria [MedlinePlus Topic]
- diphtheria [MeSH Descriptor]
- diphtheria [MeSH concept]
- diphtheria, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection [MedDRA LLT]
- Diphtheria [ORDO Disease]
- Diphtheria [ICD-10 category]
- Diphtheria [PASCAL descriptor]
- Diphtheria [ICD-9 code]
- Diphtheria [ICD-11 Category]
- Diphtheria [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Diphtheria [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Diphtheria (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Diphtheria, unspecified [MedDRA LLT]
- Diphtheria, unspecified [ICD-9 code]
- Diphtheria, unspecified [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Diphtheria, unspecified [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- diphtheria [Disease (Nov.)]
- diphtheria [MeSH concept]
- diphtheria [MedlinePlus Topic]
- diphtheria [MeSH Descriptor]
- diphtheria, nos [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CPTAC Codelists Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Medical Conditions Codelist [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Immunization Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]
disease_has_associated_gene
- HBEGF Gene [NCIt concept]
- HBEGF wt Allele [NCIt concept]

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