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MeSH Heading: Neisseria meningitidis
Tree Number(s): B03.440.400.425.550.550.641; B03.660.075.525.520.500
Unique ID: D009345
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009345
Annotation: specific serogroups are also available; infection: probably MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL or, if not meningitis, MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Diplokokkus intracellularis meningitidis; Meningococcus; Micrococcus intracellularis; Micrococcus meningitidis; Micrococcus meningitidis cerebrospinalis; Neisseria weichselbaumii
NLM Classification #: QW 131
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/01/28

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0014555
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Neisseria meningitidis Preferred Term
Term UI T027863
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Meningococcus
Term UI T027862
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Diplokokkus intracellularis meningitidis
Term UI T000968391
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Micrococcus meningitidis
Term UI T000968393
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Micrococcus meningitidis cerebrospinalis
Term UI T000968394
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Neisseria weichselbaumii
Term UI T000968395
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Micrococcus intracellularis
Term UI T000968392
Date09/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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