Folliculitis - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Folliculitis;

NCIt definition : Inflammation of the hair follicles. Causes include excessive perspiration, skin infections, and skin wounds.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Inflammation of a follicle (a sac or pouch-like cavity), usually a hair follicle.; NICHD: Inflammation of the hair follicles.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000641111;

Details

Origin ID

C94408;

UMLS CUI

C0016436;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- FOLLICULITIS [WHO-ART Preferred Term]
- Folliculitis [PASCAL descriptor]
- Folliculitis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Folliculitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- folliculitis [DO Concept]
- folliculitis [Disease (Nov.)]
- folliculitis [MeSH Descriptor]
- folliculitis [MeSH concept]
- folliculitis [SNOMED Notion]
DO Cross reference
- folliculitis [DO Concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Integumentary System [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- FOLLICULITIS [WHO-ART Preferred Term]
- Folliculitis [PASCAL descriptor]
- Folliculitis [HPO term]
- Folliculitis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Folliculitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Hair follicle inflammation (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- folliculitis [DO Concept]
- folliculitis [Disease (Nov.)]
- folliculitis [MeSH concept]
- folliculitis [MeSH Descriptor]
- folliculitis [SNOMED Notion]
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- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]
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- Cutaneous Involvement [NCIt concept]
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- Hair [NCIt concept]
- Skin [NCIt concept]

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