An unusual case of chronic relapsing tetanus associated with mandibular osteomyelitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1311-1313

  Wakasaya, Yasuhito ^a   Watanabe, Mitsunori ^a   Tomiyama, Masahiko ^a   Suzuki, Cheiko ^a   Jackson, Mandy ^b   Fujimoro, Masahiro ^c   Kimura, Tamaki ^a   Seino, Yusuke ^a   Kawarabayashi, Takeshi ^a   Yamamoto Watanabe, Yukiko ^a   Matsubara, Etsuro ^a   Shirahama, Ikumi ^a   Takamura, Ayumi ^a   Nakahata, Naoko ^a   Shoji, Mikio ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

67Ga scintigraphy; Chronic relapsing tetanus; Mandibular osteomyelitis; Metronidazole

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; GALLIUM 67; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; JOINT STIFFNESS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MANDIBLE OSTEOMYELITIS; NECK CANCER; OPISTHOTONUS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PTOSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RELAPSE; SEIZURE; TETANUS; TRISMUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RECURRENCE; TETANUS;

EID: 70349548534     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2136     Document Type: Article

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