Rapid Detection of Clostridium tetani by Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Using an Exo Probe [PDF]
J Microbiol Biotechnol, 2021 Tetanus is a potentially fatal public health illness resulted from the neurotoxins generated by Clostridium tetani. C. tetani is not easily culturable and culturing the relevant bacteria from infected wounds has rarely been useful in diagnosis; PCR-based
Mingjing Guo +6 more
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The Role of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Toxigenic Clostridium tetani Infection: A Case-Control Study [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2021 . Tetanus arises from wound contamination with Clostridium tetani, but approximately one fifth of patients have no discernable entry wound. Clostridium tetani is culturable from animal feces, suggesting the gastrointestinal tract could be an endogenous ...
N. V. Hao +17 more
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The Reliability of Anamnestic Data in the Management of Clostridium Tetani Infection in Elderly [PDF]
Front Med (Lausanne), 2021 Background: Tetanus infection remains a significant complication of wounds. Because most tetanus treatment guidelines rely on anamnestic data collected directly from patients, the congruence between anamnesis and laboratory evidence must be verified ...
G. Savioli +11 more
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Infección por Clostridium tetani: sospecharla para diagnosticarla
Galicia Clínica, 2016 La infección por Clostridium tetani es una patología con un amplio periodo de incubación, que posee diversos modos de presentación clínica. Este hecho, junto con la baja incidencia de esta infección en los países industrializados , así como no poseer ...
Mónica Ríos Prego +4 more
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The population structure of Clostridium tetani deduced from its pan-genome [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 Clostridium tetani produces a potent neurotoxin, the tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT) that is responsible for the worldwide neurological disease tetanus, but which can be efficiently prevented by vaccination with tetanus toxoid.
Diana Chapetón-Montes +7 more
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Clostridium tetani bacteraemia in the plague area in France: two cases [PDF]
medRxivBackground: Paleoculturomics aims to culture ancient pathogens from human remains such as dental pulp, which traps a drop of blood at the time of the death, to diagnose bacteraemia. Clostridium tetani (C.
Mahmoud A. Boualam +6 more
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Genome of a chronic osteitis-causing Clostridium tetani [PDF]
New Microbes and New Infections, 2014 We sequenced the genome of a Clostridium tetani strain that caused chronic tibial osteitis without any clinical sign of tetanus in a 26-year-old man previously vaccinated against this disease.
P.-E. Fournier +6 more
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Generalized Tetanus Associated With Malaria and Probable Meningitis in a 4‐Year‐Old Patient: A Case Report in Limbe Regional Hospital, Cameroon [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.ABSTRACT Tetanus is a life‐threatening disease preventable by immunization through vaccines. In resource‐limited settings, its association with other acute infections should be managed cautiously. A 4‐year‐old unvaccinated male was referred from a nearby hospital for better management of severe malaria and probable enteric fever, after presenting there
Christian Damien Tchuisseu Ngapjang +8 more
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Detection of Clostridium tetani Neurotoxins Inhibited In Vivo by Botulinum Antitoxin B: Potential for Misleading Mouse Test Results in Food Controls [PDF]
Toxins (Basel), 2018 The presence of botulinum neurotoxin-producing Clostridia (BPC) in food sources is a public health concern. In favorable environmental conditions, BPC can produce botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) outside or inside the vertebrate host, leading to ...
L. Bano +7 more
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Tetanus in Animals — Summary of Knowledge [PDF]
Folia Veterinaria, 2020 Tetanus is a neurologic non-transmissible disease (often fatal) of humans and other animals with a worldwide occurrence. Clostridium tetani is the spore producing bacillus which causes the bacterial disease.
Malinovská Z., Čonková E., Váczi P.
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