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Descriptor English: Neisseria meningitidis
Descriptor Spanish: Neisseria meningitidis
Descriptor Neisseria meningitidis
Entry term(s) Diplokokkus intracellularis meningitidis
Meningococcus
Micrococcus intracellularis
Micrococcus meningitidis
Micrococcus meningitidis cerebrospinalis
Neisseria weichselbaumii
Scope note: Especie de BACTERIAS aerobias, gramnegativas. Comensal y patógena sólo para los seres humanos, pudiendo residir, asintomática, en la NASOFARINGE. Cuando alcanza el líquido cefalorraquídeo es el agente causal de la meningitis cerebroespinal (MENINGITIS MENINGOCÓCICA). También puede encontrarse en secreciones venéreas y en la sangre. Atendiendo a las diferencias antigénicas en los polisacáridos capsulares, existen, por lo menos, 13 serogrupos , siendo los A,B,C,Y y W-135 los que causan la mayoría de infecciones meningíticas. Cada serogrupo puede clasificarse a su vez según serotipo, serosubtipo e inmunotipo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Neisseria meningitidis
Descriptor French: Neisseria meningitidis
Entry term(s): Diplokokkus intracellularis meningitidis
Meningococcus
Micrococcus intracellularis
Micrococcus meningitidis
Micrococcus meningitidis cerebrospinalis
Neisseria weichselbaumii
Tree number(s): B03.440.400.425.550.550.641
B03.660.075.525.520.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009345
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.
Annotation: specific serogroups are also available; infection: probably MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL or, if not meningitis, MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Registry Number: txid487
DeCS ID: 9538
Unique ID: D009345
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/01/28
Neisseria meningitidis - Preferred
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.
Preferred term Neisseria meningitidis
Entry term(s) Diplokokkus intracellularis meningitidis
Meningococcus
Micrococcus intracellularis
Micrococcus meningitidis
Micrococcus meningitidis cerebrospinalis
Neisseria weichselbaumii



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