tetanus
MONDO:0005526Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names tetanus yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A serious infectious disorder that follows wound contamination by the Gram-positive bacterium Clostridium tetani. The bacteria produce a neurotoxin called tetanospasmin, which causes muscle spasm in the jaw and other anatomic sites.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005526), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
30 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.
- DysphagiaHPOHP:0002015
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Muscle stiffnessHPOHP:0003552
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- OpisthotonusHPOHP:0002179
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Risus sardonicusHPOHP:0040212
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- TrismusHPOHP:0000211
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- FeverHPOHP:0001945
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Humoral immunodeficiencyHPOHP:0005363
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HypertoniaHPOHP:0001276
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Intermittent painful muscle spasmsHPOHP:0011964
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Localized skin lesionHPOHP:0011355
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- RigidityHPOHP:0002063
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Stiff neckHPOHP:0025258
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
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- TachycardiaHPOHP:0001649
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal autonomic nervous system physiologyHPOHP:0012332
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Autonomic bladder dysfunctionHPOHP:0005341
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Bowel incontinenceHPOHP:0002607
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- BradycardiaHPOHP:0001662
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: tetanus
- Also called
- Clostridium tetani caused infectious disease of the nervous systemClostridium tetani infectious disease of the nervous system