Although rare, be aware!

Author: Mohamed Nasreddin / Editor: Nick Tilbury / Codes: IC5, NeuC13, SLO1, SLO2 / Published: 06/12/2024

A  37-year-old male patient presents to the emergency department (ED) with muscle stiffness and repetitive muscle spasms of the trunk and extremities.

He explains that the symptoms developed insidiously over the last few days.

You take a detailed history and discover he sustained a minor right puncture wound in his right foot 10 days previously.