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Tetanus in a Rural Setting of South-Western Nigeria: a Ten-Year Retrospective Study

We review the records of 79 tetanus patients in two hospitals (one tertiary and one secondary level) in Owo, Ondo state, Nigeria from 1997 to 2006. The male: female ratio was 3:1. Ages were 14–70 years (mean 33.25 years, SD ±16.76). The overall case fatality rate (CFR), 32.91%, did was not significa...

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Autores principales:	Adekanle, O, Ayodeji, OO, Olatunde, LO
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	CoAction Publishing 2009
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3066715/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21483514 http://dx.doi.org/10.4176/081125

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