TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Tetanus
A1  - Doherty, Gerard M.
PY  - 2010
T2  - Quick Answers Surgery
AB  - •  Anaerobic  infection  mediated  by  a  neurotoxin  that  causes  nervous  irritability  and  tetanic  muscular  contraction•  Causative  organism,  Clostridium  tetani•  Wounds  contaminated  with  soil  or  feces  (eg,  deep  puncture  from  stepping  on  a  nail)•  Tetanus-prone  wound  is  usually  a  puncture  wound  or  one  containing  devitalized  tissue  or  a  foreign  body•  Tetanus-prone  wounds  are  characterized  by:  -Elapsed  time  from  injury  (more  than  6  hrs)-Deeper  than  1  cm-Contaminated  by  soil,  feces,  rust-Stellate  configuration-Caused  by  missile,  crush,  burn,  or  frostbite-Characterized  by  devitalized  or  denervated  tissue-Cause  by  animal  or  human  bite  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58102254
ER  -