inhalational botulism
MONDO:0016777Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names inhalational botulism yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Inhalational botulism is a man-made form of botulism, a rare acquired neuromuscular junction disease with descending flaccid paralysis caused by botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs).
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016777), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
13 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.
- ConstipationHPOHP:0002019
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Cranial nerve paralysisHPOHP:0006824
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- DiplopiaHPOHP:0000651
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- FatigueHPOHP:0012378
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Muscle weaknessHPOHP:0001324
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- MydriasisHPOHP:0011499
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- ParalysisHPOHP:0003470
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- PtosisHPOHP:0000508
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Urinary retentionHPOHP:0000016
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- XerostomiaHPOHP:0000217
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- DiarrheaHPOHP:0002014
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DyspneaHPOHP:0002094
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
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- Nausea and vomitingHPOHP:0002017
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: inhalational botulism
- Also called
- inhalation botulism