meningitis, pneumococcal

Preferred Label : meningitis, pneumococcal;

MeSH definition : An acute purulent infection of the meninges and subarachnoid space caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, most prevalent in children and adults over the age of 60. This illness may be associated with OTITIS MEDIA; MASTOIDITIS; SINUSITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; sickle cell disease (ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL); skull fractures; and other disorders. Clinical manifestations include FEVER; HEADACHE; neck stiffness; and somnolence followed by SEIZURES; focal neurologic deficits (notably DEAFNESS); and COMA. (From Miller et al., Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed, p111);

MeSH synonym : pneumococcal meningitis; streptococcus pneumoniae meningitides; meningitis, streptococcus pneumoniae; meningitides, streptococcus pneumoniae; streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis; pneumococcal meningitides;

MeSH hyponym : experimental pneumococcal meningitis; meningitis, pneumococcal, recurrent; meningitis, pneumococcal, Penicillin-Resistant; Experimental Pneumococcal Meningitides; Meningitis, Experimental Pneumococcal; Pneumococcal Meningitides, Experimental; Pneumococcal Meningitis, Experimental; Meningitis, Pneumococcal, Experimental;

MeSH annotation : do not coordinate with STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE unless organism is particularly discussed;

Details

Origin ID

D008586;

UMLS CUI

C0025295;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- transmission [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Manual NTBT mappings (CISMeF)
- Infectious disease of the nervous system [ORDO Disease]
- Infectious disease with epilepsy [ORDO Disease]
- Rare bacterial infectious disease [ORDO Disease]
ORDO relation(s)
- Pneumococcal meningitis [ORDO Disease]
Record concept(s)
- experimental pneumococcal meningitis [MeSH concept]
- meningitis, pneumococcal [MeSH concept]
- meningitis, pneumococcal, Penicillin-Resistant [MeSH concept]
- meningitis, pneumococcal, recurrent [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Meningitis pneumococcal [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Pneumococcal Meningitis [NCIt concept]
- Pneumococcal meningitis [ICD-9 code]
- Pneumococcal meningitis [ORDO Disease]
- Pneumococcal meningitis [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Pneumococcal meningitis [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Pneumococcal meningitis [MedDRA LLT]
- Pneumococcal meningitis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis [MedDRA LLT]
- pneumococcal meningitis [SNOMED Notion]
- pneumococcal meningitis [Disease (Nov.)]

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