Mycobacterium abscessus

Preferred Label : Mycobacterium abscessus;

NCIt related terms : Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus;

NCIt definition : A species of aerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is acid-fast, nonmotile, does not reduce nitrate, is amidase, urease and nicotinamidase positive and benzamidase, isonicotinamidase, succinamidase and acetamidase negative. M. abscessus is a rapidly growing mycobacterium found in water, soil and dust, and can cause a variety of serious infections of the skin, soft tissues and lungs, especially in persons with chronic lung diseases.;

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

Taxon ID : 36809;

Details

Origin ID

C86533;

UMLS CUI

C0445910;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Mycobacterium abscessus [MeSH Descriptor]
- Mycobacterium abscessus [MeSH concept]
- Mycobacteroides abscessus [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Mycobacteroides abscessus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Bacterium [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Mycobacterium abscessus [MeSH Descriptor]
- Mycobacterium abscessus [LOINC component]
- Mycobacteroides abscessus [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Mycobacteroides abscessus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- mycobacterium chelonae ss. abscessus [SNOMED Notion]
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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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