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Safety of equine tetanus antitoxin for prophylactic use in Ethiopia: a retrospective multi-center study [PDF]

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Health, 2023
Background Tetanus remains a severe life-threatening infectious disease and neurological disorder in many parts of the world, where immunization programs are suboptimal.
Michele Joseph   +5 more
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Assessing the impact of the 2018 tetanus guidelines on knowledge and practices of emergency physicians in trauma patients: a national survey study [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2023
Background Tetanus remains a significant public health issue in China, with the approach of anti-tetanus prophylaxis in the emergency department resulting in both overuse, particularly of human tetanus immune globulin (TIG), and underuse with the tetanus
Junling Gao   +10 more
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Tetanus Vaccination in Agricultural Workers: A Retrospective Study on Seroprevalence over 10 Years [PDF]

open access: yesVaccines
Background/Objectives: Tetanus is a serious, non-contagious infection caused by Clostridium tetani, which remains a global health threat despite the availability of an effective vaccine. The current state of immunization for agricultural workers in Italy
Ermanno Vitale   +10 more
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Passive Immunisation in the Treatment of Infectious Diseases Related to Highly Potent Bacterial Toxins [PDF]

open access: yesBiomedicines
The discovery of microbial toxins as the primary factors responsible for disease manifestations and the discovery that these toxins could be neutralised by antitoxins are linked to the birth of immunology. In the late 19th century, the serum or plasma of
Marta Prygiel   +3 more
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Factors Influencing the Length of Emergency Intensive Care Unit Stay in Adult Tetanus Patients [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of General Medicine
Ji Xu,1 Ying Wang,2 Guoqing Huang,1 Liping Zhou,1 Xiaoye Mo,1 Ning Yang,1 Ping Wu,1 Shanshan Hu,1 Changshou She1 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China; 2Xiangya Medical ...
Xu J   +8 more
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TETANUS ANTITOXIN—REPORT OF CASE. [PDF]

open access: greenJAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1897
One by one the diseases which have hitherto defied the skill of physicians are yielding to the persistent attack of modern science. Since the successful treatment of diphtheria by subcutaneous injections of antitoxin serum was demonstrated, it has been confidently predicted that sooner or later all diseases resulting from the action of a poison ...
JAMES W. COKENOWER
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