File:PHIL tetanus.jpg

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English: This patient is displaying a bodily posture known as "opisthotonos" due to Clostridium tetani exotoxin. Generalized tetanus, the most common type (about 80%) usually presents with a descending pattern, starting with trismus or lockjaw, followed by stiffness of the neck, difficulty in swallowing, and rigidity of abdominal muscles.
Deutsch: Krämpfe der Rückenmuskulatur (Opisthotonus). Krämpfe der Rückenmuskulatur (Opisthotonus).
Français : Opisthotonos : hyperextension du dos caractéristique du tétanos due à la contracture des muscles paravertebraux. Opisthotonos: hyperextension du dos caractéristique du tétanos due à la contracture des muscles paravertebraux.
Magyar: Ez a páciens a Clostridium tetani baktériumfertőzés következtében termelődő exotoxin miatt hátizomgörcs („opisthotonos”) néven ismert testtartást mutat. Az általános tetanuszos merevgörcs, a leggyakoribb típus (körülbelül 80%), általában csökkenő százalékkal jelentkezik. Triszmusszal vagyis szájzárral kezdődik, majd a nyak merevsége, nyelési nehézség és a hasi-mellkasi rendszer izmainak merevsége, idegeinek bénulása miatt következik be, megfelelő kezelés híján az illető halálát okozva.
Polski: Opistotonus u pacjenta z tężcem.
日本語: 強直性痙攣をひき起こしている破傷風患者.
Nederlands: Symptoom tetanusinfectie.
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current05:25, 31 May 2008Thumbnail for version as of 05:25, 31 May 20081,806 × 1,205 (217 KB)Optigan13 (talk | contribs)Higher resolution version based on TIF file at CDC PHIL
16:30, 20 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:30, 20 July 2006300 × 200 (16 KB)Genz~commonswiki (talk | contribs)Muscular rigidity and opisthotonos posture in a patient suffering from tetanus Source Public Health Image Library http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp

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