title: [Tetanus--differential diagnosis of cerebrovascular stroke].
abstract: Report about a 80 year-old female patient admitted to hospital with dysarthria and dysphagia suspected to have had a stroke. The symptoms however were caused by a tetanus infection consequent upon a grossly contaminated ten-day-old wound. Since particularly geriatric patients are at risk of tetanus infections in industrialised countries, such patients ought to get regular booster-vaccinations.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Medizin, Spital des Seebezirks, Meyriez-Murten.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schaller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000150:complications; D013742:Tetanus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications