Preferred Label : Escherichia fergusonii;
NCIt related terms : CDC Enteric Group 10;
NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned
to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, indole positive, lysine decarboxylase,
ornithine decarboxylase, and catalase positive, and negative for Vosges-Proskauer,
citrate utilization, urea hydrolysis, phenylalanine deamination, arginine dihydrolase,
growth in KCN and fermentation of lactose, sucrose, myo-inositol, D-sorbitol, raffinose
and alpha-methyl-D-glucose. E. fergusonii can be isolated from the intestinal tract
of warm blooded animals and from contaminated beef. In humans, this bacteria is most
commonly responsible for wound infections, urinary tract infections, bacteremia, diarrhea,
and pleural infections.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Escherichia fergusonii.;
Taxon ID : 564;
Origin ID : C86380;
UMLS CUI : C0315247;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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