Abstract:Tetanus is rare diagnosis in the post vaccination era ,although it continues to have signicant morbidity and mortality worldwide. High risk
population groups carpenters, mechanics, laborer's and soldiers with unknown history of tetanus vaccination. This is a report of a 40 year male,
laborer by occupation with an incomplete immunization history who presented to the emergency department with classical triad of trismus, risus
sardonicus and opisthotonos and was diagnosed as tetanus. This report highlights the i… Show more
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