Tetanus immunisation: Documentation and management
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Tetanus immunisation in hypersensitive individuals.
We report on a case of an officer cadet who was inadvertently allowed to commence training with a history suggestive of hypersensitivity to tetanus immunisation and who, eventually, successfully underwent a graduated immunisation regimen. This case combines a search for good evidence with the extraordinary complexities of military medical management and the law. It is a lesson in all three.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1743-9191
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.06.522