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Dysphagia and trismus: an unusual case of tetanusDOI: 10.19204/2016/dysp9, PP. 67-70 Subject Areas: Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine Keywords: "tetanus", "trismus", "dysphagia","lymphocytopenia", "immunodepression", "Sjogren’s syndrome" Abstract Tetanus is a life-threatening infection that is rare in the developed world; it is more frequent in the elderly people and immunocompromised patients. We report a case of a 53-year-old woman who presented with dysphagia, mouth pain and trismus. She did not report any injuries. The suspected diagnosis of tetanus was made. The blood examination showed severe lymphocytopenia and a positive result for the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test, with a suspected diagnosis of Sjogren’s syndrome. It is possible that her immunocompromised conditions could have led to the onset of tetanus, even after casual and minimal contact with Clostridium spores. Villa", ". , Gregorio", ". , Bassi", ". , Perego", ". , Donato", ". F. , Galimberti", ". , Bellotti", ". G. and Cheldi", ". (3). Dysphagia and trismus: an unusual case of tetanus. Journal of Health and Social Sciences, e5485. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.19204/2016/dysp9.
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