Presumed localized tetanus in two cats

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 209-212

  Polizopoulou, Z S ^a   Kazakos, G ^a   Georgiadis, G ^b   Soubasis, N ^a   Koutinas, Ch ^a   Koutinas, A F ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b First Surgical Department   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; METRONIDAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; STEDON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREHEAD; FORELIMB; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE SPASM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RIGIDITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TETANUS; TRISMUS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0036903847     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jfms.2001.0184     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Ahmadsyah I, Salim A (1985) Treatment of tetanus: an open study to compare the efficacy of procaine penicillin and metronidazole. British Medical Journal 291, 648-691
2. Baker JL, Waters DJ, deLahunta A (1986) Tetanus in two cats. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 24, 159-164
3. Braund KG (1994) Tetanus. In Clinical Syndromes in Veterinary Neurology (2nd edn), Braund KG (ed.) Mosby-Wolfe, St. Louis, pp. 271-272
4. Coleman ES (1998) Clostridial neurotoxins: tetanus and botulism. Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian 20, 1089-1096
5. Davenport DJ (1994) Bacterial and Rickettsial Diseases. In The Cat: Diseases and Clinical Management (2nd edn), Sherding RG (ed.) Churchill Livingstone, New York, pp. 531- 532
6. Fleming EJ, Hill B (1984) Nursing the patient through canine tetanus. Veterinary Medicine-Small Animal Clinician 11, 1357-1361
7. Godwin RL (1985) Tetanus in a cat. Veterinary Record 116, 574
8. Greene GE (1998) Tetanus. In Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat (2nd edn), Greene GE (ed.) WB Saunders, Philadelphia, pp. 267-273
9. Jain S, Ashok PP, Maheshwari MC (1982) Local tetanus: a case report with electrophysiological studies. Journal of Neurology 228, 289-293
10. Lee EA, Jones BR (1996) Localised tetanus in two cats after ovariohysterectomy. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 44, 105-108
11. Malik R, Church DB, Maddison JE, Farrow BR (1989) Three cases of local tetanus. Veterinary Record 30, 469-473
12. Saito M, Suehara M, Nagata A, Kanzato N, Arimura K (1998) Afterdischarges following F waves observed in a patient with tetanus. Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology 6,377-380
13. Sanford JP (1995) Tetanus-forgotten but not gone. New England Journal of Medicine 332, 812-813
14. Simpson LL (1986) Molecular pharmacology of botulism toxin and tetanus toxin. Annual Reviews of Pharmacology and Toxicology 26, 427-453
15. Steinegger T, Wiederkehr M, Ludin HP, Roth F (1996) Electromyography as a diagnostic aid in tetanus. Schweizerisches Medizinisches Wochenschrift 126, 379-385