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Generalized tetanus in an elderly patient: A case report

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Tetanus is a rare disease caused by Clostridium tetani causing painful muscle spasms and respiratory failure. CASE PRESENTATION: A patient from a rural part of the country presented with a nonhealing and increasingly painful penetrating wound. The patient had a purulent...

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Autores principales: Sah, Shiva Pratik, Khanal, Surendra, Dahal, Sujata, Shrestha, Apurva, Pradhan, Bulbul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9486737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36147146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104465