Infectious Encephalitis

Preferred Label : Infectious Encephalitis;

NCIt related terms : Encephalitis infection;

NCIt definition : An acute infectious process that affects the brain tissue. It is usually caused by viruses and less often by bacteria, parasites, and fungi.;

Alternative definition : NICHD: Inflammation of the brain that is caused by an infectious agent.; CTCAE: A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving the brain tissue.;

Codes from synonyms : E11365;

Details

Origin ID

C79550;

UMLS CUI

C0596773;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Encephalitis Infection [MeSH concept]
- Encephalitis infection [MedDRA LLT]
- Encephalitis infection NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- Infectious encephalitis [HPO term]
- encephalitis [MeSH Descriptor]
CISMeF manual mappings
- Infective encephalitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Infectious Encephalitis [MeSH Descriptor]
- Infectious encephalitis [ORDO Disease]
- infectious encephalitis [MeSH concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Central Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Nervous System [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Infectious Encephalitis [MeSH Descriptor]
- Infectious encephalitis [ORDO Disease]
- Infectious encephalitis [HPO term]
- Infective encephalitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- infectious encephalitis [MeSH concept]
Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
- Encephalitis [ORDO Disease]
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- CTCAE Adverse Events Version 4.0 Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]
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- Brain [NCIt concept]

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