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| Preferred Name | intestinal botulism | |
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intestinal toxin-mediated botulism intestinal toxemia botulism intestinal colonization botulism |
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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). |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0015805 |
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intestinal toxin-mediated botulism intestinal toxemia botulism intestinal colonization botulism
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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).
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intestinal toxin-mediated botulism intestinal toxemia botulism intestinal colonization botulism
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intestinal botulism
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MONDO:0015805
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intestinal botulism
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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).
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