Clostridium difficile

Preferred Label : Clostridium difficile;

NCIt synonyms : Clostridium difficilis;

NCIt related terms : Clostridioides difficile;

NCIt definition : A species of Clostridium that is the most significant cause of pseudomembranous colitis.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium difficile.; NCI-GLOSS: A type of bacterium found in human and animal waste. Clostridium difficile is a common cause of diarrhea that occurs in hospitals. It can also cause diarrhea or other intestinal disorders in patients treated with antibiotics.;

Taxon ID : 1496;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000552934;

Details

Origin ID

C76276;

UMLS CUI

C0079134;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Clostridioides difficile [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Clostridioides difficile [LOINC component]
- Clostridioides difficile [MeSH Descriptor]
- Clostridioides difficile [MeSH concept]
- Clostridioides difficile (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Clostridium difficile [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Clostridium difficile [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- clostridium difficile [EMDN type]
- clostridium difficile [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Bacterium [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Clostridioides difficile [LOINC component]
- Clostridioides difficile [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Clostridioides difficile [MeSH concept]
- Clostridioides difficile [MeSH Descriptor]
- Clostridioides difficile (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Clostridium difficile [ICD-11 Extension code]
- clostridium difficile [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SDTM Microorganism Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

Keyword's position in hierarchy(ies) :

You can consult :

recommendations
documents concerning education
documents for patients