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MeSH Heading: Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.289.225; C01.375.354.220; C11.187.183.220; C11.294.354.220
Unique ID: D003234
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003234
Annotation: coordinate with specific bacterial infection term
Scope Note: Purulent infections of the conjunctiva by several species of gram-negative, gram-positive, or acid-fast organisms. Some of the more commonly found genera causing conjunctival infections are Haemophilus, Streptococcus, Neisseria, and Chlamydia.
Entry Version: CONJUNCTIVITIS BACT
Entry Term(s): Bacterial Conjunctivitides; Bacterial Conjunctivitis; Conjunctivitides, Bacterial; Conjunctivitis, Mucopurulent; Conjunctivitis, Purulent
Previous Indexing: Bacterial Infections or specifics (1966-1985); Conjunctivitis (1966-1985)
Public MeSH Note: 86
History Note: 86
Date Established: 1986/01/01
Date of Entry: 1985/06/05
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

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: M0005021
Scope Note: Purulent infections of the conjunctiva by several species of gram-negative, gram-positive, or acid-fast organisms. Some of the more commonly found genera causing conjunctival infections are Haemophilus, Streptococcus, Neisseria, and Chlamydia.
Terms: Conjunctivitis, Bacterial Preferred Term
Term UI T009431
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1986); Conjunctivitis, Purulent
Term UI T009433
Date03/14/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Bacterial Conjunctivitis
Term UI T009430
Date06/05/1985
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Conjunctivitis, Mucopurulent
Term UI T009432
Date04/14/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Bacterial Conjunctivitides
Term UI T009428
Date11/03/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Conjunctivitides, Bacterial
Term UI T009429
Date11/03/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992)

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