intestinal botulism
A 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. The disease affects infants (infant botulism) and very rarely adults (adult intestinal botulism). [ Orphanet:178481 ]
Term info
- Orphanet:178481 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:0050141 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C1443901 (Orphanet:178481/e)
- SCTID:409563004 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
ordo_clinical_subtype
A 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. The disease affects infants (infant botulism) and very rarely adults (adult intestinal botulism).
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/409563004, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1443901, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Orphanet_178481, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050141
intestinal toxemia botulism, intestinal colonization botulism, intestinal toxin-mediated botulism
MONDO:0015805