bacterial meningitis

inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord due to a bacterial infection
MedicalCondition infectious_disease Q3678510
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bacterial meningitis

Summary

bacterial meningitis is an infectious disease[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • bacterial meningitis's instance of is recorded as infectious disease[3].
  • bacterial meningitis's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • bacterial meningitis is a type of infectious meningitis[5].
  • bacterial meningitis is a type of central nervous system bacterial infection[6].
  • bacterial meningitis's Commons category is recorded as Bacterial meningitis[7].
  • bacterial meningitis's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 320.9[8].
  • bacterial meningitis's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 320[9].
  • bacterial meningitis's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 320.7[10].
  • bacterial meningitis's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 320.89[11].
  • bacterial meningitis's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C118297[12].
  • bacterial meningitis's health specialty is recorded as neurology[13].
  • bacterial meningitis's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as ceftriaxone[14].
  • bacterial meningitis's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as nafcillin[15].
  • bacterial meningitis's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as oxacillin[16].
  • bacterial meningitis's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as cefotaxime[17].
  • bacterial meningitis's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as ceftazidime[18].
  • bacterial meningitis's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as ampicillin[19].
  • bacterial meningitis's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9470[20].
  • bacterial meningitis's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9470[21].
  • bacterial meningitis's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[22].

Why It Matters

bacterial meningitis is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of infectious meningitis, central nervous system bacterial infection
    Drug or therapy used for treatment ceftriaxone, nafcillin, oxacillin +3
    Health specialty neurology
    Subclass of
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39742|batch #39742]]: subclass of disease, not instance"
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