Progressive localized tetanus in patient with inadequate human tetanus immunoglobulin therapy

Localized tetanus is a rare form of tetanus and generally has a better prognosis, but it could become fatal when it progresses into generalized tetanus. Treatment is challenging as there are limited data about clinical management and factors preventing localized tetanus progression. We present a cas...

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Autores principales: Licindo, Daniel, Putra, Evan Matthew, Rombetasik, Medianto, Lim, Heriyanto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8122171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01147
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author Licindo, Daniel
Putra, Evan Matthew
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Lim, Heriyanto
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description Localized tetanus is a rare form of tetanus and generally has a better prognosis, but it could become fatal when it progresses into generalized tetanus. Treatment is challenging as there are limited data about clinical management and factors preventing localized tetanus progression. We present a case of localized tetanus in left lower limb of 8 year-old boy which progressed into generalized tetanus.
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spelling pubmed-81221712021-05-21 Progressive localized tetanus in patient with inadequate human tetanus immunoglobulin therapy Licindo, Daniel Putra, Evan Matthew Rombetasik, Medianto Lim, Heriyanto IDCases Case Report Localized tetanus is a rare form of tetanus and generally has a better prognosis, but it could become fatal when it progresses into generalized tetanus. Treatment is challenging as there are limited data about clinical management and factors preventing localized tetanus progression. We present a case of localized tetanus in left lower limb of 8 year-old boy which progressed into generalized tetanus. Elsevier 2021-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8122171/ /pubmed/34026537 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01147 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Progressive localized tetanus in patient with inadequate human tetanus immunoglobulin therapy
title Progressive localized tetanus in patient with inadequate human tetanus immunoglobulin therapy
title_full Progressive localized tetanus in patient with inadequate human tetanus immunoglobulin therapy
title_fullStr Progressive localized tetanus in patient with inadequate human tetanus immunoglobulin therapy
title_full_unstemmed Progressive localized tetanus in patient with inadequate human tetanus immunoglobulin therapy
title_short Progressive localized tetanus in patient with inadequate human tetanus immunoglobulin therapy
title_sort progressive localized tetanus in patient with inadequate human tetanus immunoglobulin therapy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8122171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01147
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