Case Presentation: A 33 year old female with a past medical history of hypertension, anxiety & depression, hepatitis C and history of opiate/benzodiazepine abuse presented to the hospital with progressively worsening painful body spams associated with abdominal cramping, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, eye twitching, difficulty swallowing and pain/difficulty opening her mouth. On presentation the patient was [...]

Case Presentation: Tetanus, a life threatening neurological disorder involving muscle spasms caused by Clostridium tetani, is now a rare disease, with an annual incidence of 0.10 cases/million population. We present a case of fulminant tetanus requiring ventilatory support in an unimmunized patient.A 20-year-old unvaccinated female with active intravenous drug use presented with difficulty swallowing, inability [...]