Tetanus after home piercing

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-

  Sampson, Christopher S ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; DIAZEPAM; HEMOGLOBIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DIAPHORESIS; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB TREMOR; LIP PIERCING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; TETANUS; TRISMUS; YOUNG ADULT; BODY PIERCING; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BODY PIERCING; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; TRISMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901784518     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.09.015     Document Type: Letter

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