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Atypical Presentation of Tetanus ‎

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Endemic medicine

Abstract

Tetanus is a life- threatening nervous system disease caused by Clostridium tetani (C. tetani). It is characterized by an acute onset of hypertonia, painful muscular contractions (usually of the neck and jaw muscles), and generalized muscle spasms without other apparent medical causes. However, various atypical forms of clinical presentation were reported worldwide and need to be clarified. Being aware of these atypical presentations helps to achieve early diagnosis and management of this dreadful condition. Here, we emphasize different experience through many worldwide case reports about atypical presentation of tetanus.

DOI

10.21608/aeji.2024.376061

Keywords

Tetanus, Clostredium tetani, Trismus, opisthotonos, risus sardonicus, atypical presentation

Authors

First Name

Taghrid

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

MA

Affiliation

Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University,Egypt.

Email

tagkomy@gmail.com

City

Obour

Orcid

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First Name

Jihan

Last Name

Shawky

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University,Egypt.

Email

jihan.shawky2020@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Naglaa

Last Name

Abdelwahab

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University,Egypt.

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-

City

-

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Volume

14

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

49910

Issue Date

2024-09-01

Receive Date

2024-07-12

Publish Date

2024-09-01

Page Start

259

Page End

264

Print ISSN

2090-7613

Online ISSN

2090-7184

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https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/article_376061.html

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https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=376061

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2

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Review article and meta analysis

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620

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases

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https://aeji.journals.ekb.eg/

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Atypical Presentation of Tetanus ‎

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24 Dec 2024