TETANUS DEFINITION Tetanus (pronounced TET-n-uhss) is an infection of the central nervous system...bacterium often enters the body through wounds or cuts exposed to soil. Tetanus can easily be prevented through vaccination. DESCRIPTION Tetanus is...

Tetanus -- United States, 1987 and 1988 During 1987 and 1988, state health departments reported 101 cases of tetanus to the MMWR (48 in 1987 and 53 in 1988). The average annual...began. Thirty-five states reported at least one case of tetanus, and 13 states reported cases in both years. Five of the...

Tetanus is an infectious disease caused by the tetanus bacillus Clostridium tetani. Clinical manifestations of...death. Since the introduction of routine immunization, tetanus has become a rare disease in developed countries. However...

Tetanus (Lockjaw) Tetanus (TET-nus) is a serious bacterial infection that affects the body ’ s . Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, can lead to muscle rigidity, , and death. (SEN-trul NER-vus SIS-tem) is the part of the nervous system that includes...

Tetanus is an acute, sometimes fatal disease of the central nervous system, caused by the toxin of the tetanus bacterium, which usually enters the body through an open wound. The tetanus bacterium live in soil and manure, but also can be found in the human intestine...

Introduction Generalised tetanus is a potentially fatal disease which...evidence of previous immunisation against tetanus, whose foot lesion became the portal...immunisation will be needed. Generalised tetanus is a potentially fatal disease, which...

A shortage of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids (Td) and tetanus toxoid (TT) in the United States has resulted because one of two manufacturers discontinued production of tetanus toxoid-containing products (1). Aventis Pasteur (Swiftwater...

Byline: Dr. Gary S. Sy TETANUS is an infectious disease caused by contamination...in the soil in a form called a spore. Tetanus occurs when a wound becomes contaminated...powerful poison that affects the muscles. Tetanus spores are found throughout the environment...

...investigate placental transfer of anti-tetanus immunoglobulin (Ig)G antibodies in Iranian...their paired infants were evaluated for tetanus-specific antibodies by a commercial enzyme-link...of 209 newborns were negative for anti-tetanus IgG. A highly significant correlation...

To the Editor: Human tetanus is rare in the United States, with about 40...each year. (1) We report a case of generalized tetanus in a patient with a generally accepted protective level of tetanus antibody (0.01 antitoxin units per milliliter...