The Role of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Toxigenic Clostridium tetani Infection: A Case-Control Study

Tetanus arises from wound contamination with Clostridium tetani, but approximately one fifth of patients have no discernable entry wound. Clostridium tetani is culturable from animal feces, suggesting the gastrointestinal tract could be an endogenous reservoir or direct-entry portal, but human data...

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Autores principales: Hao, Nguyen Van, Huyen, Nguyen Ngoc My, Ny, Nguyen Thi Han, Trang, Vo Thi Nhu, Hoang, Nguyen Van Minh, Thuy, Duong Bich, Nguyen, Nguyen Thanh, Lieu, Pham Thi, Duong, Ha Thi Hai, Thuy, Tran Thi Diem, Nhat, Phung Tran Huy, Tam, Dong Thi Hoai, Boni, Maciej F., Yen, Lam Minh, Tan, Le Van, Thanh, Tran Tan, Campbell, James, Thwaites, C. Louise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8437200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34181568
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0146

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8437200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34181568
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0146

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