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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/12489| Title: | Ocular tetanus following upon an injury to the conjunctiva |
| Authors: | Damato, Francis Joseph |
| Keywords: | Conjunctiva -- Wounds and injuries -- Case studies Eye -- Wounds and injuries -- Treatment -- Case studies Therapeutics, Ophtalmological Tetanus toxin -- Case studies |
| Issue Date: | 1966 |
| Publisher: | The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette |
| Citation: | Damato, F.J. (1966). Ocular tetanus following upon an injury to the conjunctiva. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 1(2), 53-55. |
| Abstract: | Tetanic infection as a result of an injury to the conjunctiva is rather uncommon. A case of ocular tetanus following upon a wound of the lower conjunctival fornix and the entrance of a foreign body in the orbital cavity is reported. In reporting this case, the objective of the author is to comment on some particular features, which indicated that mental symptoms were a prominent factor besides the usual paralytic and spasmodic signs. Additionally, complete recovery followed massive treatment by penicillin, streptomycin and antitetanic serum. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/12489 |
| Appears in Collections: | TSLHG, Volume 1, Issue 2 TSLHG, Volume 1, Issue 2 |
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| Ocular tetatnus following upon an injury to the conjunctiva.pdf | Published for the Consultant Staff Committee, St. Luke`s Hospital, Malta and the Medical and Dental Surgery Faculties of the Royal University of Malta. | 216.63 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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