Endotoxin - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Endotoxin;

NCIt synonyms : Bacterial Pyrogen; Endotoxins;

NCIt definition : The lipopolysaccharide complexes that are part of the outer membrane of the cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Pseudomonas, Neisseria, Haemophilus, and other leading pathogens. Upon bacterial infections, the lipid component (Lipid A) of endotoxin contributes to its toxicity, while the polysaccharide components contribute to immunogenicity.;

Details

Origin ID

C50918;

UMLS CUI

C0014264;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Bacterial endotoxin (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Endotoxin [LOINC component]
- bacterial endotoxin, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- endotoxin [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- endotoxins [MeSH Descriptor]
- endotoxins [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Hazardous or Poisonous Substance [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Bacterial endotoxin (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Endotoxin [LOINC component]
- bacterial endotoxin, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- endotoxins [MeSH concept]
- endotoxins [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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