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The Lancet, 2009
Abstract Clostridium tetani is a Gram-positive spore-forming anaerobic bacillus able to infect and cause disease in both humans and animals. The bacterium is highly sensitive to oxygen but can survive in the environment as an extremely resistant metabolically inactive spore.
Lam Minh, Yen, C Louise, Thwaites
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Abstract Clostridium tetani is a Gram-positive spore-forming anaerobic bacillus able to infect and cause disease in both humans and animals. The bacterium is highly sensitive to oxygen but can survive in the environment as an extremely resistant metabolically inactive spore.
Lam Minh, Yen, C Louise, Thwaites
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Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2004
Tetanus is a potentially lethal disease that is preventable with appropriate vaccination. The diagnosis is made exclusively on clinical criteria, and early recognition and treatment are essential for positive outcome. Patients should be monitored in the intensive care unit immediately on diagnosis.
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Tetanus is a potentially lethal disease that is preventable with appropriate vaccination. The diagnosis is made exclusively on clinical criteria, and early recognition and treatment are essential for positive outcome. Patients should be monitored in the intensive care unit immediately on diagnosis.
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Southern Medical Journal, 2011
Tetanus is a preventable illness occurring worldwide with a high mortality, mostly affecting neonates in developing countries. Effects are toxin mediated and the diagnosis is clinical. Antibiotics, antitoxin, immunoglobulin and wound care are the mainstays of management.
Peter, Ataro +2 more
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Tetanus is a preventable illness occurring worldwide with a high mortality, mostly affecting neonates in developing countries. Effects are toxin mediated and the diagnosis is clinical. Antibiotics, antitoxin, immunoglobulin and wound care are the mainstays of management.
Peter, Ataro +2 more
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The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1992
Tetanus is a preventable disease with proper immunization. The marked decline in the incidence over the past several decades has resulted from widespread use of tetanus prophylaxis and improved wound management in the emergency department. Emergency physicians are among the most frequent providers of tetanus vaccination. We can stress the importance of
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Tetanus is a preventable disease with proper immunization. The marked decline in the incidence over the past several decades has resulted from widespread use of tetanus prophylaxis and improved wound management in the emergency department. Emergency physicians are among the most frequent providers of tetanus vaccination. We can stress the importance of
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Intrathecal tetanus immunoglobulins in the management of tetanus
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2007To study the clinical profile, treatment and outcome of tetanus in children treated with intrathecal tetanus immunoglobulin. (TIG) METHODS: Retrospective analysis of hospital records of tetaus cases admitted to the pediatric ICU during the five year period between 1999 to 2004 was done.There were 66 cases of tetanus treated with intrathecal TIG ...
M G, Geeta +2 more
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Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1976
110 cases of tetanus, excluding neonatal tetanus, were studied with reference to aetiology, clinical manifestations, prognosis and evaluation of an effective combination of drugs. Most of the children belonged to rural (92.8%) areas, with unhygienic environmental conditions and a poor socioeconomic status. Otogenic tetanus was the commonest followed by
K K, Khanna +3 more
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110 cases of tetanus, excluding neonatal tetanus, were studied with reference to aetiology, clinical manifestations, prognosis and evaluation of an effective combination of drugs. Most of the children belonged to rural (92.8%) areas, with unhygienic environmental conditions and a poor socioeconomic status. Otogenic tetanus was the commonest followed by
K K, Khanna +3 more
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Bijblijven, 2003
Tetanus is een ernstige maar gelukkig zeldzame ziekte. Sinds het invoeren van de vaccinatie tegen tetanus is het aantal ziektegevallen sterk gedaald. In de periode 1984-1996 werden in Nederland in totaal dertig gevallen van tetanus bij de inspectie aangegeven. Dit succes is het gevolg van een zeer effectief vaccinatieprogramma.
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Tetanus is een ernstige maar gelukkig zeldzame ziekte. Sinds het invoeren van de vaccinatie tegen tetanus is het aantal ziektegevallen sterk gedaald. In de periode 1984-1996 werden in Nederland in totaal dertig gevallen van tetanus bij de inspectie aangegeven. Dit succes is het gevolg van een zeer effectief vaccinatieprogramma.
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The Present Status of Tetanus and Tetanus Vaccination
1995Tetanus has been known to mankind for thousands of years. The disease is ubiquitous, but it particularly kills many persons in tropical countries, where the disease is called by various local names (Bytchenko 1967). The belief that neonatal tetanus (NT) is linked with divine intervention is reflected in the Biblical story of the death of the son of ...
A, Galazka, F, Gasse
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Bollettino dell'Istituto sieroterapico milanese, 1983
The vaccinal preventive measures which were made compulsory since 1963 for the new working levies of some professional high risk categories, and since 1968 for the newborns, contributed to a large extent to the tetanus control in our country. In the last twenty years a progressive drop in the notified tetanus cases was observed.
Ribero, M L, Tagger, A, Fara, G M
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The vaccinal preventive measures which were made compulsory since 1963 for the new working levies of some professional high risk categories, and since 1968 for the newborns, contributed to a large extent to the tetanus control in our country. In the last twenty years a progressive drop in the notified tetanus cases was observed.
Ribero, M L, Tagger, A, Fara, G M
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