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March 22, 2026
| Id | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009345
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009345
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| Preferred Name | Neisseria meningitidis |
| Definitions |
A species of gram-negative, aerobic BACTERIA. It is a commensal and pathogen only of humans, and can be carried asymptomatically in the NASOPHARYNX. When found in cerebrospinal fluid it is the causative agent of cerebrospinal meningitis (MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL). It is also found in venereal discharges and blood. There are at least 13 serogroups based on antigenic differences in the capsular polysaccharides; the ones causing most meningitis infections being A, B, C, Y, and W-135. Each serogroup can be further classified by serotype, serosubtype, and immunotype.
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| Synonyms |
Meningococcus
Micrococcus intracellularis
Neisseria weichselbaumii
Micrococcus meningitidis
Diplokokkus intracellularis meningitidis
Micrococcus meningitidis cerebrospinalis
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
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| definition | A species of gram-negative, aerobic BACTERIA. It is a commensal and pathogen only of humans, and can be carried asymptomatically in the NASOPHARYNX. When found in cerebrospinal fluid it is the causative agent of cerebrospinal meningitis (MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL). It is also found in venereal discharges and blood. There are at least 13 serogroups based on antigenic differences in the capsular polysaccharides; the ones causing most meningitis infections being A, B, C, Y, and W-135. Each serogroup can be further classified by serotype, serosubtype, and immunotype. |
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| altLabel |
Meningococcus
Micrococcus intracellularis
Neisseria weichselbaumii
Micrococcus meningitidis
Diplokokkus intracellularis meningitidis
Micrococcus meningitidis cerebrospinalis
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| prefLabel | Neisseria meningitidis
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| type | |
| tui | T007
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| TERMUI |
T000968393
T000968395
T000968391
T000968392
T027863
T027862
T000968394
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| TH |
NLM (1966)
UNK (19XX)
NLM (2021)
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| MMR | 20200128
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| notation | D009345
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| Semantic type UMLS property | |
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| DX | 19660101
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| cui | C0027575
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| DC | 1
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| MN |
B03.660.075.525.520.500
B03.440.400.425.550.550.641
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| AN | specific serogroups are also available; infection: probably MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL or, if not meningitis, MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS
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| AQL | CH CL CY DE EN GD GE IM IP ME PH PY RE UL VI
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| Inverse of RB | txid487
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| MDA | 19990101
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