Generalized Tetanus in a Canadian Farmer Following Orthopedic Surgery

Tetanus is extremely rare in developed countries. We report the first documented case of tetanus in the province of Alberta since 2016: a farmer that developed trismus, shoulder stiffness, and fevers eight days following orthopedic surgery. Tetanus immunoglobulin elicited rapid recovery. We highligh...

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Autores principales: Chauhan, Utkarsh, Ghimire, Anukul, Raval, Milan, Boyington, Curtiss, Haponiuk, Adrienne, Koller, Gregory, Korzan, Jeffrey, Yacyshyn, Elaine
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9025236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35447885
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr14020033
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author Chauhan, Utkarsh
Ghimire, Anukul
Raval, Milan
Boyington, Curtiss
Haponiuk, Adrienne
Koller, Gregory
Korzan, Jeffrey
Yacyshyn, Elaine
author_facet Chauhan, Utkarsh
Ghimire, Anukul
Raval, Milan
Boyington, Curtiss
Haponiuk, Adrienne
Koller, Gregory
Korzan, Jeffrey
Yacyshyn, Elaine
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description Tetanus is extremely rare in developed countries. We report the first documented case of tetanus in the province of Alberta since 2016: a farmer that developed trismus, shoulder stiffness, and fevers eight days following orthopedic surgery. Tetanus immunoglobulin elicited rapid recovery. We highlight risk factors, pathogenesis, epidemiology, and diagnostic challenges.
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spelling pubmed-90252362022-04-23 Generalized Tetanus in a Canadian Farmer Following Orthopedic Surgery Chauhan, Utkarsh Ghimire, Anukul Raval, Milan Boyington, Curtiss Haponiuk, Adrienne Koller, Gregory Korzan, Jeffrey Yacyshyn, Elaine Infect Dis Rep Case Report Tetanus is extremely rare in developed countries. We report the first documented case of tetanus in the province of Alberta since 2016: a farmer that developed trismus, shoulder stiffness, and fevers eight days following orthopedic surgery. Tetanus immunoglobulin elicited rapid recovery. We highlight risk factors, pathogenesis, epidemiology, and diagnostic challenges. MDPI 2022-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9025236/ /pubmed/35447885 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr14020033 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Generalized Tetanus in a Canadian Farmer Following Orthopedic Surgery
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr14020033
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