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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci > Neisseriaceae > Neisseria > Neisseria meningitidis
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Betaproteobacteria > Neisseriaceae > Neisseria > Neisseria meningitidis

Terme préférentiel

Neisseria meningitidis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • 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.

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Concepts spécifiques

Synonyme(s)

  • Diplokokkus intracellularis meningitidis
  • Meningococcus
  • Micrococcus intracellularis
  • Micrococcus meningitidis
  • Micrococcus meningitidis cerebrospinalis
  • Neisseria weichselbaumii
  • txid487

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DLNLVVK3-9

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 01/01/1999, dernière modification le 28/01/2020