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meningitis Meningitis, NOS MENINGITIS NOS Unspecified meningitis Infectious Meningitis Pachymeningitides Meningitis, unspecified Unspecified meningitis (disorder) Meningitis of unspecified cause (disorder) Meningitis (disorder) Pachymeningitis Meningitides Meningitis of unspecified cause meningitis due to organism Meningitis infective meningitis infectious 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 SNOMEDCT:7180009 MedDRA:10053638 DOID:9471 ICD10:G03 ICD9:322 ICD9:322.9 HP:0001287 SCTID:312216007 ICD9:321.8 MONDO:0004796 NCIT:C79598 |
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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://identifiers.org/snomedct/312216007 |
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true |
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Meningitis, NOS MENINGITIS NOS Unspecified meningitis Infectious Meningitis Pachymeningitides Meningitis, unspecified Unspecified meningitis (disorder) Meningitis of unspecified cause (disorder) Meningitis (disorder) Pachymeningitis Meningitides Meningitis of unspecified cause meningitis due to organism Meningitis infective meningitis infectious meningitis |
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meningitis |
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EFO:0000584 |
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infectious meningitis |
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| notation |
EFO:0000584 |
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| term editor |
James Malone |
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