Tetanus and Clostridium tetani - A brief review;Wundstarrkrampf und Clostridium tetani

Medizinische Monatsschrift fur Pharmazeuten

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 57-60

  Stock, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANCY; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MUSCLE SPASM; NEWBORN TETANUS; PROPHYLAXIS; RARE DISEASE; RIGIDITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TETANUS; TROPICS; VACCINATION; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN;

CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION;

EID: 84921830305     PISSN: 03429601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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