TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Tetanus A1 - Langston, Shannon M. A1 - Bales, Brian D. A2 - Knoop, Kevin J. A2 - Stack, Lawrence B. A2 - Storrow, Alan B. A2 - Thurman, R. Jason PY - 2021 T2 - The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - The infective spores of Clostridium tetani are widely distributed in soil and resistant to heat and disinfectants. Disease occurs when toxin forms after organism growth in wounds; it is characterized by acute onset of skeletal muscle rigidity and convulsive spasm. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/15 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181051496 ER -