title: Tetanus: delay in diagnosis in England and Wales.
abstract: A 7 day delay occurred in the diagnosis of cephalic tetanus in a 69 year old woman who developed an ipsilateral facial palsy 5 days after a facial laceration. Cranial nerve palsies often precede trismus in this form of tetanus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, Corpse Hill, Wimbledon, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: O'Dowd
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Begg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004739:England; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013742:Tetanus / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013997:Time Factors; D014852:Wales