Clostridium perfringens

Preferred Label : Clostridium perfringens;

NCIt synonyms : Clostridium welchii;

NCIt definition : A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, hydrolyzes gelatin, produces enterotoxin, is beta-hemolytic and catalase negative. C. perfringens is a food borne pathogen, being the causative agent of pig-bel syndrome and gas gangrene.;

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

Taxon ID : 1502;

Details

Origin ID

C86288;

UMLS CUI

C0009063;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Clostridium perfringens [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Clostridium perfringens [LOINC component]
- Clostridium perfringens [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- Clostridium perfringens [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Clostridium perfringens (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- clostridium perfringens [MeSH Descriptor]
- clostridium perfringens [MeSH concept]
- clostridium perfringens [SNOMED Notion]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- clostridium perfringens infection [Disease (Nov.)]
Semantic type(s)
- Bacterium [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Clostridium perfringens [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Clostridium perfringens [LOINC component]
- Clostridium perfringens [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Clostridium perfringens (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- clostridium perfringens [MeSH concept]
- clostridium perfringens [MeSH Descriptor]
- clostridium perfringens [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]

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