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Intensive Care Management of Severe Tetanus
Tetanus is caused by an exotoxin, tetanospasmin, produced by Clostridium tetani, an anaerobic gram-positive bacillus. Tetanospasmin prevents the release of inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the spinal cord, brainstem motor nuclei, and the brain, producing muscle rigidity...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8327798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34345131 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23829 |