Tetanus after blunt lawn mower trauma

Camilla Normand; Aasmund Fostervold; Elin Haarr; Marie Skontorp; Åse Berg

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2015.03.004

Tetanus after blunt lawn mower trauma

IDCases. 2015 Apr 25;2(3):67. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2015.03.004. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Camilla Normand¹, Aasmund Fostervold¹, Elin Haarr¹, Marie Skontorp¹, Åse Berg¹

Affiliation

¹ Stavanger University Hospital, Norway.

Abstract

A patient presented with tetanus ten days after blunt trauma with a lawn mower. Our case describes the diagnosis and treatment of this patient with an infectious disease commonly seen in the developing world but rarely seen in the developed world.

Keywords: Tetanus.