| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| ID | DOID:9640 |
| Name | sarcocystosis |
| Definition | A coccidiosis that involves infection of the intestine and muscles of humans and animals caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite of genus Sarcocystis. The symptoms include mild fever, diarrhea, chills, vomiting, muscle swelling, erythema, muscle tenderness,cough, arthralgia, transient pruritic rashes, headache, malaise and lymphadenopathy. http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/DPDx/HTML/Sarcocystosis.htm, http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/sarcocystosis.pdf |
| Xrefs |
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:88905005 |
| Subsets |
DO_infectious_disease_slim DO_rare_slim |
| Synonyms |
Sarcosporidiosis [EXACT] |
| Parent Relationships |
is_a coccidiosis |
| Subclass Logical Relationships |
has symptom some chills has symptom some muscle tenderness has symptom some joint pain has symptom some diarrhea has symptom some cough has symptom some headache has symptom some vomiting has symptom some malaise has symptom some low-grade fever |