Preferred Label : Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp equisimilis;
NCIt synonyms : Streptococcus equisimilis; Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis;
NCIt definition : A subspecies of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the
phylum Firmicutes. This subspecies is positive for Lancefield group G, beta hemolysis,
arginine deamination, esculin hydrolysis, beta glucuronidase, and growth in 6.5% NaCl
and negative for alpha and beta galactosidase, catalase, and pyrrolidonylarylamidase.
It can ferment trehalose, and ribose but not sorbitol, or glycogen. S. dysgalactiae
subsp. equisimilis is found in the human respiratory tract and vagina and is pathogenic,
causing pharyngitis, impetigo, cellulitis, septicemia, glomerulonephritis, and toxic
shock.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Streptococcus dysgalactiae
subspecies equisimilis.;
Taxon ID : 119602;
Origin ID : C86906;
UMLS CUI : C1562576;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
