Chlamydia trachomatis

Preferred Label : Chlamydia trachomatis;

NCIt definition : A species of facultatively aerobic, Gram-negative, coccobacilli assigned to the phylum Chlamydiae. This species cannot be grown on an artificial medium, lacks peptidoglycan within the cell wall, forms elementary and reticulate bodies and can be identified using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to epitopes in the VS 4 region of MOMP along with DNA sequencing. C. trachomatis is an obligate intracellular parasite that can be transmitted through sexual contact causing infections of the genital tract and rectum and infertility in women, as well as cause eye infections.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Chlamydia trachomatis.;

UNII : T6NI39QU44;

Taxon ID : 813;

Details

Origin ID

C86253;

UMLS CUI

C0008151;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Chlamydia trachomatis [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Chlamydia trachomatis [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Chlamydia trachomatis [LOINC component]
- Chlamydia trachomatis (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- chlamydia trachomatis [MeSH Descriptor]
- chlamydia trachomatis [MeSH concept]
- chlamydia trachomatis [SNOMED Notion]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- No Chlamydia trachomatis found (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Bacterium [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Chlamydia trachomatis [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Chlamydia trachomatis [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Chlamydia trachomatis [LOINC component]
- Chlamydia trachomatis (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- chlamydia trachomatis [MeSH concept]
- chlamydia trachomatis [MeSH Descriptor]
- chlamydia trachomatis [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SDTM Microorganism Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]
- FDA Established Names and Unique Ingredient Identifier Codes Terminology [NCIt concept]

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