loading...| Preferred Name | Clostridium difficile Infection | |
| Synonyms |
C. diff Infection Clostridioides difficile (c. diff) Clostridioides difficile Infection Clostridium difficile Infection |
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| Definitions |
A bacterial infection caused by Clostridium difficile (Clostridioides difficile), which is a spore-forming, toxin-producing Gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that is transmitted by the fecal-oral route. Infection may cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon, and risk factors include use of antibiotic medication, advanced age, and hospital or long-term care facility admission. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C180523 |
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| code |
C180523 |
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| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157711 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977 |
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| Contributing_Source |
CTRP GDC |
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| DEFINITION |
A bacterial infection caused by Clostridium difficile (Clostridioides difficile), which is a spore-forming, toxin-producing Gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that is transmitted by the fecal-oral route. Infection may cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon, and risk factors include use of antibiotic medication, advanced age, and hospital or long-term care facility admission. |
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| Display_Name |
Clostridium difficile Infection |
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| FULL_SYN |
C. diff Infection Clostridioides difficile (c. diff) Clostridioides difficile Infection Clostridium difficile Infection |
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| Is_Value_For_GDC_Property | ||
| label |
Clostridium difficile Infection |
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| Maps_To |
Clostridioides difficile (c. diff) |
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| NCI_META_CUI |
CL1663067 |
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| Preferred_Name |
Clostridium difficile Infection |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C180523 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Disease or Syndrome |
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| subClassOf |