Tetanus: A Rare Complication of Black Tar Heroin Use

Tetanus is associated with high morbidity and mortality, although this is rarely encountered in high-income countries. We present a case of tetanus in an unvaccinated patient secondary to black tar heroin use that highlights the importance of considering tetanus in appropriate clinical contexts, har...

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Autores principales: Pichlinski, Elisa M, Hoff, Emily, Epperson, Lindsey Claire, Morley, Elizabeth, Cao, James Dazhe, Thoppil, Joby, Field, Steven, Mehta, Prayag, Good, Daniel, Nijhawan, Ank E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8826085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35146041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab613
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author Pichlinski, Elisa M
Hoff, Emily
Epperson, Lindsey Claire
Morley, Elizabeth
Cao, James Dazhe
Thoppil, Joby
Field, Steven
Mehta, Prayag
Good, Daniel
Nijhawan, Ank E
author_facet Pichlinski, Elisa M
Hoff, Emily
Epperson, Lindsey Claire
Morley, Elizabeth
Cao, James Dazhe
Thoppil, Joby
Field, Steven
Mehta, Prayag
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description Tetanus is associated with high morbidity and mortality, although this is rarely encountered in high-income countries. We present a case of tetanus in an unvaccinated patient secondary to black tar heroin use that highlights the importance of considering tetanus in appropriate clinical contexts, harm reduction interventions, and universal tetanus vaccination campaigns.
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spelling pubmed-88260852022-02-09 Tetanus: A Rare Complication of Black Tar Heroin Use Pichlinski, Elisa M Hoff, Emily Epperson, Lindsey Claire Morley, Elizabeth Cao, James Dazhe Thoppil, Joby Field, Steven Mehta, Prayag Good, Daniel Nijhawan, Ank E Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Report Tetanus is associated with high morbidity and mortality, although this is rarely encountered in high-income countries. We present a case of tetanus in an unvaccinated patient secondary to black tar heroin use that highlights the importance of considering tetanus in appropriate clinical contexts, harm reduction interventions, and universal tetanus vaccination campaigns. Oxford University Press 2021-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8826085/ /pubmed/35146041 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab613 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Pichlinski, Elisa M
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Mehta, Prayag
Good, Daniel
Nijhawan, Ank E
Tetanus: A Rare Complication of Black Tar Heroin Use
title Tetanus: A Rare Complication of Black Tar Heroin Use
title_full Tetanus: A Rare Complication of Black Tar Heroin Use
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