Chronic tetanus: Clinical report and histochemistry of muscle
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Muscle & Nerve
- Vol. 4 (5), 363-366
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.880040502
Abstract
A patient who was partially immune to tetanus developed nonfulminant tetanus after a minor injury. Manifestations of the disease persisted for over 17 months. Electrophysiologic studies revealed an absent silent period in the masseter muscle, large‐amplitude F‐responses, and denervation. A muscle biopsy showed neurogenic atrophy with reinnervation. This observation supports the existence of chronic tetanus and provides morphologic evidence for a peripheral action of tetanus toxin in humans.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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