Botulism

rare

A serious bacterial infection caused by botulinum toxin which is produced by Clostridium botulinum. Patients are infected usually by ingestion of contaminated food or wound contamination. It leads to muscle paralysis which may result in respiratory failure.

Identifiers: MONDO:0005498 Orphanet:1267
Part of: Clostridium infectious disease Primary bacterial infectious disease
Also known as: botulism poisoning · foodborne botulism (subtype) · infant botulism (subtype)

Subtypes

All diseases Rare only

Disease Rare Not rare Subtypes

Toxin-mediated infectious botulism MONDO:0016468 4
Foodborne botulism MONDO:0016453
Iatrogenic botulism MONDO:0016778
Inhalational botulism MONDO:0016777

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