adult intestinal botulism
MONDO:0015806Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names adult intestinal botulism yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A very rare form of botulism, a rare acquired neuromuscular junction disease with descending flaccid paralysis caused by botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), and is due to intestinal colonization by Clostridium botulinum leading to toxin-mediated infection with toxemia.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0015806), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
9 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Cerebral palsyHPOHP:0100021
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Cranial nerve paralysisHPOHP:0006824
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Diaphragmatic paralysisHPOHP:0006597
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- DiplopiaHPOHP:0000651
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Muscle weaknessHPOHP:0001324
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- PtosisHPOHP:0000508
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- DiarrheaHPOHP:0002014
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DyspneaHPOHP:0002094
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Respiratory insufficiency due to muscle weaknessHPOHP:0002747
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
7 names
Resolves to: adult intestinal botulism
- Also called
- adult intestinal colonisation botulismadult intestinal colonization botulismadult intestinal toxaemia botulismadult intestinal toxemia botulismadult intestinal toxin-mediated botulisminfant-like botulismintestinal botulism of adults