An old woman with pressure ulcer, rigidity, and opisthotonus: never forget tetanus!

Lancet. 2014 Dec 20;384(9961):2266. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61832-8. Epub 2014 Dec 19.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / complications
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
  • Dystonia / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immobilization / adverse effects
  • Muscle Rigidity / microbiology*
  • Pressure Ulcer / complications*
  • Pressure Ulcer / microbiology
  • Tetanus / diagnosis*
  • Trismus / microbiology