Tetanus: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Tetanus: clinical features. Generalised, Localised, Neonatal, Cephalic. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Tetanus syndromes
- Generalised
- Localised
- Neonatal
- Cephalic
Painful spasms
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Rigidity: manifestations
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Autonomic dysfunction
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Other features
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The spatula test
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Differential diagnosis
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain: features
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Poor prognostic features
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References
- Goonetilleke A, Harris JB. Clostridial neurotoxins. JNNP 2004; 75(Suppl III):iii35-iii39.
- Doshi A, Warrell C, Dahdaleh D, Kullman D. Just a graze? Cephalic tetanus presenting as a stroke mimic. Pract Neurol 2014; 14:39-41.
- Farrar JJ, Yen LM, Cook T, et al. Tetanus. JNNP 2000; 69:292-301.
- Kaji S, Shibayama H, Sato S, Fukutake T. Acute camptocormia as the presenting symptom of tetanus. JNNP 2014; 85:936-937.
- Ijichi T, Yamada T, Yoneda S, Kajita Y, Nakajima K, Nakagawa M. Brain lesions in the course of generalised tetanus. JNNP 2003; 74:1432-1434.
