Author/Editor     Unuk, Sibila; Rejc-Marko, Jana
Title     Botulizem in tetanus
Translated title     Botulism and tetanus
Type     članek
Source     In: Grmec Š, Kupnik D, editors. Akutna stanja. Maribor: Zdravstveni dom dr. Adolfa Drolca, Center za nujno medicinsko pomoč in reševalne prevoza,
Publication year     2007
Volume     str. 149-56
Language     slo
Abstract     Botulism and tetanus are infectious disease caused by neurotoxin which is execreted from vegetative form of bacillus Clostridium botulinum or tetani. It is important to recognise them early and start treatment, because both diseases are potentially lethal.
Summary     Botulizem in tetanus sta infekcijski bolezni, ki sta posledica delovanja nevrotoksina, ki ga izloča vegetativna oblika bacila Clostridium botulinum oz. tetani. Obe bolezni imata lahko smrtni izhod, zato je pomembno pravočasno posumiti nanju in čim prej pričeti z ustreznim zdravljenjem.
Descriptors     BOTULISM
DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL
TETANUS
TETANUS
INFECTION
NEUROTOXINS