Tetanus: delay in diagnosis in England and Wales.
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.
Schon
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Department of Neurology, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, Corpse Hill, Wimbledon, UK.
O'Dowd
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White
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J
Begg
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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