Localized tetanus in a child.

Ann Emerg Med

Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, Red Deer, Alberta, and Stollery Children's Health Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Published: April 1999

The majority of physicians in practice today in developed countries have never seen a case of tetanus. The last pediatric case reported in Canada occurred in 1992. We present the case of a child who had localized tetanus despite previous partial immunization.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0196-0644(99)70314-8DOI Listing

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