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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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Autores principales: Karnad, Dilip R, Gupta, Vishal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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