toxin-mediated infectious botulism
Findings
No curated finding names toxin-mediated infectious botulism yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Aform of botulism (see this term), a rare acquired neuromuscular junction disease, characterized by descending flaccid paralysis caused by botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), produced in vivo leading to toxin-mediated infection. Infectious botulism includes wound botulism and intestinal toxemia botulism (infant botulism and adult intestinal botulism).
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016468), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
12 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)
- ConstipationHPOHP:0002019
- 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)
- Muscle weaknessHPOHP:0001324
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- MydriasisHPOHP:0011499
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Paralysis
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: toxin-mediated infectious botulism
- Also called
- toxin-mediated infective botulism