GENERALIZED TETANUS: ANALYSIS OF 202 CASES
Authors: M R GARCIA-PALMIERI, R RAMIREZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 October 1957GENERALIZED TETANUS: ANALYSIS OF 202 CASESMARIO R. GARCIA-PALMIERI, M.D., RICARDO RAMIREZ, M.D.MARIO R. GARCIA-PALMIERI, M.D., RICARDO RAMIREZ, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-4-721 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince the discovery of the antibiotics there has been a spectacular advance in the ability to control diseases of bacterial origin that in the past had a high mortality rate.Much has been learned through the years about the etiology,1, 2 clinical picture, pathologic physiology2-6 and treatment4, 7-10 of tetanus. Although the chances of survival in this disease have increased in recent years, it is still one of the diseases of bacterial origin with a very high mortality rate.It is the purpose of this paper to evaluate our clinical experience with 202 cases of generalized tetanus in order to...Bibliography1. 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