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Infection in a Geriatric Patient: Do Not Let Your Guard Off! [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2023 Tetanus is an infectious disease caused by Clostridium tetani toxin. Although easily preventable through vaccination, over 73,000 new infections and 35,000 deaths due to tetanus occurred worldwide in 2019, with higher rates in countries with healthcare ...
Alessandra Piscitelli +9 more
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Risk of infection in an elderly patient following hemorrhoid ligation [PDF]
Journal of International Medical Research, 2020 Tetanus after gastrointestinal surgery is an extremely rare but very dangerous disease caused by infection with Clostridium tetani . Tetanus can occur due to bacterial infection during surgery or dressing change, or the bacteria may exist in the patient ...
Xiaofei Lai +2 more
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Clostridium tetani Osteitis without Tetanus [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 To the Editor: Posttraumatic osteoarticular infections caused by Clostridium spp. are rare, and their outcomes are often unfavorable because of the persistence of the bacteria in bone (1,2). In a recent series of 12 patients (2), only 1 case of posttraumatic osteoarticular infection was caused by C.
Pierre-Yves Levy +5 more
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Comparative pathogenomics of Clostridium tetani. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Clostridium tetani and Clostridium botulinum produce two of the most potent neurotoxins known, tetanus neurotoxin and botulinum neurotoxin, respectively.
Jonathan E Cohen +4 more
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Regulatory Networks Controlling Neurotoxin Synthesis in Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium tetani [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium tetani are Gram-positive, spore-forming, and anaerobic bacteria that produce the most potent neurotoxins, botulinum toxin (BoNT) and tetanus toxin (TeNT), responsible for flaccid and spastic paralysis, respectively ...
Michel R. Popoff, Holger Brüggemann
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Clostridium Tetani Bacteremia From a Suspected Cutaneous Source [PDF]
Cureus, 2022 Bacteremia is a rare complication of Clostridium tetani infection. To our knowledge, there are only two case reports to date of C. tetani bacteremia, both hypothesized to be secondary to a gastrointestinal source.
David Kazadi +5 more
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The Biomedical & Life Sciences CollectionAna Beatriz Antunes Correa +7 more
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Definitions, 2020 This datasheet on Clostridium tetani covers Identity, Overview, Distribution, Hosts/Species Affected, Further Information.
Kazutaka Ohashi +15 more
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Thermic dehorning and ear tagging as atypical portals of entry of Clostridium tetani in ruminants [PDF]
, 2011 This paper describes two infections with Clostridium tetani (C. tetani). One outbreak occurred after dehorning of calves, the second infection happened after ear tagging of a goat.
Boyen, Filip +6 more
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FATORES QUE PROPICIAM A INFECÇÃO POR CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI: UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA
, 2021 Introdução: A bactéria Clostridium tetani, é um habitante natural do solo e encontrada nas fezes humanas e de animais domésticos, sendo mais conhecido como o agente causador do Tétano. Ela libera suas neurotoxinas transmissíveis que irão, posteriormente,
Francisco Das Chagas Diassis Jácome Valentim +3 more
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