Preferred Name |
Alternaria |
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Synonyms |
ALTERNARIA Alternaria |
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Definitions |
A genus of dematiaceous fungi within the phylum Ascomycota that are ubiquitous in nature and are common allergens in humans. Members of the Alternaria genus produce septate, brown and filamentous hyphae, and may cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised individuals, such as phaeohyphomycosis, onychomycosis, sinusitis, ulcerated cutaneous infections, keratitis, visceral infections and osteomyelitis. |
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ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C119320 |
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ALT_DEFINITION |
Any fungal organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Alternaria genus level. |
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code |
C119320 |
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Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830 |
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Contributing_Source |
CDISC |
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DEFINITION |
A genus of dematiaceous fungi within the phylum Ascomycota that are ubiquitous in nature and are common allergens in humans. Members of the Alternaria genus produce septate, brown and filamentous hyphae, and may cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised individuals, such as phaeohyphomycosis, onychomycosis, sinusitis, ulcerated cutaneous infections, keratitis, visceral infections and osteomyelitis. |
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FULL_SYN |
ALTERNARIA Alternaria |
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label |
Alternaria |
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NCBI_Taxon_ID |
5598 |
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Preferred_Name |
Alternaria |
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prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C119320 |
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Semantic_Type |
Fungus |
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UMLS_CUI |
C0002343 |
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subClassOf |