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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]

Clin Case Rep
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
Tchuisseu Ngapjang CD, Fotso C, Gobina R, Lingo PA, Shumbang Tchumukong QJ, Kouam BB, Effila M, Berinyuy Nyuydzefon E, Vincent Siysi V.   +8 more
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Acupuncture‐Associated Mycobacterium massiliense and Scedosporium Infections Superimposed by Tetanus

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Background. Tetanus has rarely been reported in Thailand since 1982 due to 100% tetanus vaccination coverage during the neonatal period of life. However, the reemergence of tetanus has been observed in our country during the past decade, mainly due to the increasing number of migrants traveling from neighboring countries in search of work.
Thaninee Prasoppokakorn, Mohd Adnan
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosa dan tatalaksana tetanus: Laporan kasus

, 2023
Background: Tetanus is an acute toxicosis caused by neurotoxin produced by Clostridium tetani and is characterized by periodic and severe muscle spasms. Tetanus is usually acute and causes tetanospasmin-induced spastic paralysis.
Putri, Pratiwi Hendro, Olitia , Archangela, Refyanus , Alfath, Priambodo, Nanang, Waldan , Reta Ameilia, Dewi , Azzah Kurnia   +5 more
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Experience with Tetanus in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sudan: A Retrospective Review

Emergency Medicine International, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Introduction. Tetanus is still a major health issue, especially in rural areas, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality rate. This study was conducted to describe the pattern of presentation and treatment outcome among adult patients infected with tetanus in our environment. Materials and Methods.
Mumen Abdalazim Dafallah, Esraa Ahmed Ragab, Omer Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elawad, Yan-Ren Lin   +3 more
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Tetanus Complicated by Dysautonomia: A Case Report and Review of Management

Case Reports in Critical Care, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Tetanus is a life‐threatening infectious neurological disorder that is now a rare disease due to the institution of wide‐spread vaccination strategies. We present an uncommon case of generalized severe tetanus with consequent respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, which was associated with dysautonomia.
Nishant Sharma, Si Li, Metlapalli Venkata Sravanthi, Dan Kazmierski, Yichen Wang, Amit Sharma, Pragya Dhaubhadel, Mehmet Doganay   +7 more
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Suppression of Formylation Provides an Alternative Approach to Vacant Codon Creation in Bacterial In Vitro Translation

Angewandte Chemie, Volume 132, Issue 49, Page 22054-22058, December 1, 2020., 2020
An approach is presented for the facile generation of a vacant initiation codon, based on preventing formylation of the endogenous initiator. This can be achieved by either removing its substrate or adding an inhibitor, and it enables the generation of peptides and proteins reprogrammed with multiple and diverse functional groups and reactive handles ...
Minglong Liu, Vito Thijssen, Seino A. K. Jongkees   +2 more
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More than a Toxin: Protein Inventory of Clostridium tetani Toxoid Vaccines

Proteomes, 2019
Clostridium tetani is the etiological agent of tetanus, a life-threatening bacterial infection. The most efficient protection strategy against tetanus is a vaccination with the C.
Jens Möller, Max Edmund Kraner, Andreas Burkovski   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Asuhan Keperawatan Pasien Yang Mengalami Tetanus Dengan Defisit Perawatan Diri Di Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah dr.H. Koesnadi Bondowoso [PDF]

, 2023
Pendahuluan: Tetanus adalah penyakit yang menyerang system saraf pusat dan disebabkan oleh toksin tetanospasmin yang dihasilkan oleh bakteri tetanus (Bachilus Tetani).
Saputri, Sinta Aprilia
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Infected open depressed skull fracture complicated with tetanus grade I in an unimmunized child: a rare case report with literature review

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Tetanus is a rare disease caused by Clostridium tetani, which produces tetanolysin and tetanospasmin. In 2018, there were only approximately ten tetanus cases reported in Indonesia.
Dzulfikar D. L. Hakim, Ahmad Faried, Adila Nurhadiya, Ericko H. Laymena, Muhammad Z. Arifin, Akhmad Imron, Iwan Abdulrachman   +6 more
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Neonatal tetanus in St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 8, Issue 11, Page 2234-2236, November 2020., 2020
Umbilical stump sepsis in a nonpassively immunized neonate poses a high risk to neonatal tetanus. Management of neonatal tetanus is still a great challenge in resource‐limited settings where some health facilities lack tetanus toxoid containing vaccines, ventilator support, and inaccessibility of tetanus immunoglobulin.
Ronald Okidi, Vanusa Da Consolação Sambo, Jacob Eyul   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source