Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus

Preferred Label : Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus;

NCIt synonyms : VRE;

NCIt related terms : ENTEROCOCCUS, VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT; Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus;

NCIt definition : A non-taxonomic grouping of enterococcus species that are resistant to vancomycin antibiotics through alteration of the peptidoglycan synthesis pathway.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the genus Enterococcus and is resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin.;

Details

Origin ID

C76312;

UMLS CUI

C1265175;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus [ICD-11 Sub-sub category]
- Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vancomycin resistant enterococcus [LOINC component]
- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci [MeSH Descriptor]
- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Bacterium [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vancomycin resistant enterococcus [LOINC component]
- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci [MeSH concept]
- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci [MeSH Descriptor]
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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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