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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Michael Maddaleni, B.S.; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Usama Talib, BSc, MD [2]

Overview

Tetanus must be differentiated from strychnine poisoning, dental infections, drug reactions, hypocalcemia, meningitis, stroke and stiff man syndrome.[1]

Differentiating Tetanus from other Diseases

Some of the other diseases that need to be considered when trying to diagnose tetanus include:

Differential Diagnosis of Tetanus
Disease Diagnosis Features Treatment
Symptoms Signs Laboratory Findings
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Meningitis
Stiff man syndrome
Drug reactions
Strychnine poisoning
Hypocalcaemia
Dental abscess
Parkinson's disease

References

  1. Anisha Doshi, Clare Warrell, Dima Dahdaleh & Dimitri Kullmann (2014). "Just a graze? Cephalic tetanus presenting as a stroke mimic". Practical neurology. 14 (1): 39–41. doi:10.1136/practneurol-2013-000541. PMID 24052566. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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