Meningitis, Clinical Presentation of Tetanus
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Meningitis, Clinical Presentation of Tetanus
Background. Tetanus is an acute disease caused by a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium tetani. Tetanus immunization has been available since the late 1930s but sporadic cases still occur, usually in incompletely vaccinated or unvaccinated individuals. Case Report. An elderly previously vaccinated female contracted tetanus following foot injury. Clinically she presented with meningitis causing d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2090-6625,2090-6633
DOI: 10.1155/2015/372375