Medical education
Lessons from practice
Volume 221 - Issue 4
Severe tetanus infections across New South Wales in 2023
Authors: Romeo Torres, Ernest Tee, Sophie Harper, Leemin Chan, John Ng and Andie Lee
Med J Aust 2024 || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52380
Published online: 5 August 2024
Published online: 5 August 2024
An 85-year-old woman presented with three days of dysphagia, headache, lower abdominal discomfort, and trismus
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