Staphylococcus

Preferred Label : Staphylococcus;

NCIt definition : A genus of nonmotile, nonspore-forming, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria containing Gram-positive, spherical cells, 0.5-1.5 microns in diameter, which divide in more than one plane to form irregular clusters. Coagulase-positive strains produce a variety of toxins and are therefore potentially pathogenic and may cause food poisoning. They are found on the skin, in skin glands, on the nasal and other mucous membranes of warm-blooded animals, and in various food products. The type species is Staphylococcus aureus.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Staphylococcus genus level.;

Taxon ID : 1279;

Details

Origin ID

C62583;

UMLS CUI

C0038170;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Fecalith (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Radiation stomatitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Staphylococcus [ACR pathology]
- Staphylococcus [ACR pathology]
- Staphylococcus [ACR pathology]
- Staphylococcus [ACR pathology]
- Staphylococcus [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- Staphylococcus [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Stropharia (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- staphylococcus [medical devices type]
Semantic type(s)
- Bacterium [UMLS semantic type]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Staphylococcus sp [LOINC component]
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- CDISC SDTM Microorganism Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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