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| Synonyms |
meningitis Meningitis, NOS infective meningitis MENINGITIS NOS Unspecified meningitis Infectious Meningitis Pachymeningitides Meningitis, unspecified Unspecified meningitis (disorder) Meningitis of unspecified cause (disorder) Meningitis (disorder) Pachymeningitis infectious meningitis Meningitides Meningitis of unspecified cause meningitis due to organism Meningitis |
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| Definitions |
Inflammation of the meninges of the brain and/or spinal cord caused by an infectious agent (viral, bacterial, or fungal). Symptoms include headache, fever, vomiting, neck stiffness, photophobia, confusion, and seizures. Meningitis is a nervous system infectious disease characterized as an inflammation of the pia-arachnoid meninges. It can be caused by growth of bacteria, fungi, or parasites within the subarachnoid space or by the growth of bacteria or viruses within the meningeal or ependymal cells. Meningitis is a diffuse infection caused by a variety of different agents. A disorder characterized by acute inflammation of the meninges of the brain and/or spinal cord. |
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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000584 |
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MeSH:D008581 SNOMEDCT:25822001 NCIt:C79598 SCTID:312216007 SNOMEDCT:7180009 NCIT:C79598 UMLS:C0729584 MedDRA:10053638 MONDO:0004796 MEDGEN:152668 DOID:9471 HP:0001287 ICD10:G03 ICD9:321.8 ICD9:322 ICD9:322.9 |
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| definition |
Inflammation of the meninges of the brain and/or spinal cord caused by an infectious agent (viral, bacterial, or fungal). Symptoms include headache, fever, vomiting, neck stiffness, photophobia, confusion, and seizures. Meningitis is a nervous system infectious disease characterized as an inflammation of the pia-arachnoid meninges. It can be caused by growth of bacteria, fungi, or parasites within the subarachnoid space or by the growth of bacteria or viruses within the meningeal or ependymal cells. Meningitis is a diffuse infection caused by a variety of different agents. A disorder characterized by acute inflammation of the meninges of the brain and/or spinal cord. |
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Meningitis, NOS infective meningitis MENINGITIS NOS Unspecified meningitis Infectious Meningitis Pachymeningitides Meningitis, unspecified Unspecified meningitis (disorder) Meningitis of unspecified cause (disorder) Meningitis (disorder) Pachymeningitis infectious meningitis Meningitides Meningitis of unspecified cause meningitis due to organism Meningitis |
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meningitis |
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EFO:0000584 |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/mondo-base#rare |
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infectious meningitis |
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| notation |
EFO:0000584 |
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http://identifiers.org/snomedct/312216007 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C79598 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9471 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0729584 |
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James Malone |
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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_1001456 |