wound botulism
MONDO:0015803Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names wound botulism yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Botulism that is caused by toxin that is produced in a wound contaminated with Clostridium botulinum.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0015803), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
15 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)
- DiplopiaHPOHP:0000651
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- DysarthriaHPOHP:0001260
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- DysphagiaHPOHP:0002015
- 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)
- PtosisHPOHP:0000508
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- DyspneaHPOHP:0002094
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Respiratory insufficiency due to muscle weaknessHPOHP:0002747
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Show the remaining 3
- Urinary retentionHPOHP:0000016
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Cardiac arrestHPOHP:0001695
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- FeverHPOHP:0001945
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: wound botulism
- Also called
- cutaneous infectious botulismcutaneous toxin-mediated botulisminoculation botulismskin infectious botulismskin toxin-mediated botulism