An Unusual Case of Tetanus Masquerading as an Acute Abdomen: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Tetanus is an acute onset neurological disease that is often lethal. It has a high disease burden in low and middle-income countries. Tetanus is caused by a toxin made by spores of the bacterium Clostridium tetani, which are found in soil, dust, and animal feces. The toxin impairs the...

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Autores principales: Thakur, Rahul Kumar, Singh, Rajshree, Nepal, Sabin, Ghimire, Prasanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33217282
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.8.49073

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