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MeSH Heading: Meningitis, Bacterial
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.223.500; C01.207.180.500; C10.228.228.180.500; C10.586.625.280
Unique ID: D016920
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016920
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics, otherwise coordinate IM with specific bacterial infection (IM)
Scope Note: Bacterial infections of the leptomeninges and subarachnoid space, frequently involving the cerebral cortex, cranial nerves, cerebral blood vessels, spinal cord, and nerve roots.
Entry Version: MENINGITIS BACT
Entry Term(s): Bacterial Meningitides; Bacterial Meningitis; Meningitides, Bacterial
NLM Classification #: WL 200
Previous Indexing: Meningitis (1966-1991); specific bacterial meningitis (1966-1991); specific bacterium (1966-1991)
See Also: Cerebral Ventriculitis
Public MeSH Note: 1992
History Note: 1992
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/30
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0025747
Scope Note: Bacterial infections of the leptomeninges and subarachnoid space, frequently involving the cerebral cortex, cranial nerves, cerebral blood vessels, spinal cord, and nerve roots.
Terms: Meningitis, Bacterial Preferred Term
Term UI T050662
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Bacterial Meningitides
Term UI T050659
Date02/12/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Bacterial Meningitis
Term UI T050660
Date03/25/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Meningitides, Bacterial
Term UI T050661
Date02/12/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

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