Case Report Of Severe Generalized Tetanus In a 18 y/o Patient
Tetanus is a life-threatening neurologic disease caused by an infectious agent, Clostridium Tetani, and is one of the infectious diseases that is preventable by vaccination. Tetanus is characterized by painful muscle spasm and increased muscle tone, that is caused by tetanospasmin, a powerful toxin...
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doaj-9f6ad1bc9305463fac60c280177579662020-12-26T15:48:01ZengBushehr University of Medical SciencesIranian South Medical Journal 1735-43741735-69542020-12-01236583587Case Report Of Severe Generalized Tetanus In a 18 y/o PatientRazeah Rastegar0Farhad Abbasi1 Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran Tetanus is a life-threatening neurologic disease caused by an infectious agent, Clostridium Tetani, and is one of the infectious diseases that is preventable by vaccination. Tetanus is characterized by painful muscle spasm and increased muscle tone, that is caused by tetanospasmin, a powerful toxin elaborated by Clostridium tetani. Due to worldwide regular vaccination, this disease rarely seen recently. The case we present here is a patient admitted in Shohadaye khalije Fars hospital with severe generalized tetanus due to incomplete vaccination.http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/article-1-1377-en.htmltetanusclostridium tetanivaccinationmuscle spasm |
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Case Report Of Severe Generalized Tetanus In a 18 y/o Patient |
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Case Report Of Severe Generalized Tetanus In a 18 y/o Patient |
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Case Report Of Severe Generalized Tetanus In a 18 y/o Patient |
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Case Report Of Severe Generalized Tetanus In a 18 y/o Patient |
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Case Report Of Severe Generalized Tetanus In a 18 y/o Patient |
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case report of severe generalized tetanus in a 18 y/o patient |
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Bushehr University of Medical Sciences |
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Iranian South Medical Journal |
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1735-4374 1735-6954 |
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Tetanus is a life-threatening neurologic disease caused by an infectious agent, Clostridium Tetani, and is one of the infectious diseases that is preventable by vaccination. Tetanus is characterized by painful muscle spasm and increased muscle tone, that is caused by tetanospasmin, a powerful toxin elaborated by Clostridium tetani. Due to worldwide regular vaccination, this disease rarely seen recently. The case we present here is a patient admitted in Shohadaye khalije Fars hospital with severe generalized tetanus due to incomplete vaccination. |
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