Preferred Label : Staphylococcus haemolyticus;
NCIt synonyms : Staph. haemolyticus;
NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the
phylum Firmicutes. This species is positive for catalase and negative for coagulase,
alkaline phosphatase, oxidase and urease. It can ferment glucose, glycerol sucrose,
maltose, and trehalose, but not mannose, rhamnose, cellobiose, xylose, arabinose,
ribose, or xylitol. S. haemolyticus is a commensal human skin organism and an opportunistic
pathogen that can cause meningitis, skin or soft tissue infections, prosthetic joint
infections, and bacteremia in humans.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus haemolyticus.;
Taxon ID : 1283;
Origin ID : C86761;
UMLS CUI : C0318114;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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