KROK 1 2016 – Question 165 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A patient consulted a dentist about restricted mouth opening (trismus). He has a history of a stab wound of the lower extremity. What infection can cause these symptoms?
- A. Brucellosis
- B. Whooping cough
- C. Tetanus
- D. Wound anaerobic infection
- E. Tularemia
Hint
Combine the kind of wound with the muscular sign in the jaw and ask which bacterial toxin disturbs the nervous control of muscle tone.
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