Tetanus differential diagnosis
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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:[2][3]
| Disease | Diagnosis | Features | Treatment | ||
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| Symptoms | Signs | Laboratory Findings | |||
| Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome | |||||
| Meningitis | |||||
| Stiff man syndrome | |||||
| Drug reactions | |||||
| Strychnine poisoning | |||||
| Hypocalcaemia | |||||
| Dental abscess | |||||
| Parkinson's disease | |||||
References
- ↑ 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) - ↑ E. Andreadou, E. Kattoulas, C. Sfagos & D. Vassilopoulos (2007). "Stiff person syndrome: avoiding misdiagnosis". Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology. 28 (1): 35–37. doi:10.1007/s10072-007-0745-9. PMID 17385093. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Lisa Mitchell, William Adams & Francois Aspesberro (2017). "Case 6: Episodic Stiffness in a 30-month-old Girl". Pediatrics in review. 38 (1): 52–53. doi:10.1542/pir.2014-0142. PMID 28044038. Unknown parameter
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