National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Clostridium difficile Infection

Synonyms

C. diff Infection

Clostridioides difficile (c. diff)

Clostridioides difficile Infection

Clostridium difficile Infection

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.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C180523

code

C180523

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

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118168

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177537

Contributing_Source

CTRP

GDC

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.

Display_Name

Clostridium difficile Infection

FULL_SYN

C. diff Infection

Clostridioides difficile (c. diff)

Clostridioides difficile Infection

Clostridium difficile Infection

Is_Value_For_GDC_Property

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C158809

label

Clostridium difficile Infection

Maps_To

Clostridioides difficile (c. diff)

NCI_META_CUI

CL1663067

Preferred_Name

Clostridium difficile Infection

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C180523

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C2890

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C35503

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