Preferred Label : Staphylococcus epidermidis;
NCIt synonyms : Staphylococcus albus;
NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the
phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for catalase, urease, and alkaline phosphatase
and negative for coagulase and oxidase. It can ferment glucose, fructose, maltose,
sucrose, glycerol, mannose, lactose, and turanose but not arabinose, mannitol, xylose,
cellobiose, xylitol, rhamnose or trehalose. S. epidermidis is a commensal human skin
organism and can be a human pathogen causing sepsis or endocarditis in patients with
implants or immunocompromised individuals.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus epidermidis.;
Taxon ID : 1282;
Origin ID : C86757;
UMLS CUI : C0038174;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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