Preferred Label : Streptococcus suis;
NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the
phylum Firmicutes. This species is beta glucuronidase and arginine deaminase positive,
hydrolyzes esculin, alpha hemolytic, Lancefield groups R, S, and T positive, catalase
and pyrrolidonylarylamidase negative and does not grow in 6.5% NaCl. It can ferment
sucrose, lactose, glucose, galactose, maltose, salicin, trehalose, and inulin but
not arabinose, mannitol, melibiose, ribose, or sorbitol. S. suis is found in pigs
where it can cause cervical abscesses. Contact of infected pigs by humans can result
in meningitis, septicemia, endocarditis, and deafness.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus suis.;
Taxon ID : 1307;
Origin ID : C86807;
UMLS CUI : C0085520;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
