Orphanet Rare Disease Ontology

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Preferred Name

Intestinal botulism
Synonyms

Intestinal toxin-mediated botulism

Intestinal colonization botulism

Intestinal toxemia botulism
Definitions

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 <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> leading to toxin-mediated infection with toxemia. The disease affects infants (infant botulism) and very rarely adults (adult intestinal botulism).
ID

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_178481
alternative_term

Intestinal toxin-mediated botulism

Intestinal colonization botulism

Intestinal toxemia botulism
definition

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 <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> leading to toxin-mediated infection with toxemia. The disease affects infants (infant botulism) and very rarely adults (adult intestinal botulism).
definition_citation

Orphanet
expertlink

https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=en&Expert=178481
has_age_of_onset

All ages
hasDbXref

ICD-11:1A11.1

UMLS:C1443901

ICD-10:A05.1
label

Intestinal botulism
notation

ORPHA:178481

Clinical subtype
prefixIRI

ORDO:Orphanet_178481
prefLabel

Intestinal botulism
present_in

Worldwide AND has_point_prevalence_range : Unknown
subClassOf

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_230800

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_557494
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