Case Report Of Severe Generalized Tetanus In a 18 y/o Patient

Tetanus is a life-threatening neurologic disease caused by an infectious agent, Clostridium Tetani, and is one of the infectious diseases that is preventable by vaccination. Tetanus is characterized by painful muscle spasm and increased muscle tone, that is caused by tetanospasmin, a powerful toxin...

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Main Authors:	Razeah Rastegar, Farhad Abbasi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bushehr University of Medical Sciences 2020-12-01
Series:	Iranian South Medical Journal
Subjects:	tetanus clostridium tetani vaccination muscle spasm
Online Access:	http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/article-1-1377-en.html

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spelling	doaj-9f6ad1bc9305463fac60c280177579662020-12-26T15:48:01ZengBushehr University of Medical SciencesIranian South Medical Journal 1735-43741735-69542020-12-01236583587Case Report Of Severe Generalized Tetanus In a 18 y/o PatientRazeah Rastegar0Farhad Abbasi1 Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran Tetanus is a life-threatening neurologic disease caused by an infectious agent, Clostridium Tetani, and is one of the infectious diseases that is preventable by vaccination. Tetanus is characterized by painful muscle spasm and increased muscle tone, that is caused by tetanospasmin, a powerful toxin elaborated by Clostridium tetani. Due to worldwide regular vaccination, this disease rarely seen recently. The case we present here is a patient admitted in Shohadaye khalije Fars hospital with severe generalized tetanus due to incomplete vaccination.http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/article-1-1377-en.htmltetanusclostridium tetanivaccinationmuscle spasm
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title	Case Report Of Severe Generalized Tetanus In a 18 y/o Patient
title_short	Case Report Of Severe Generalized Tetanus In a 18 y/o Patient
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publisher	Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
series	Iranian South Medical Journal
issn	1735-4374 1735-6954
publishDate	2020-12-01
description	Tetanus is a life-threatening neurologic disease caused by an infectious agent, Clostridium Tetani, and is one of the infectious diseases that is preventable by vaccination. Tetanus is characterized by painful muscle spasm and increased muscle tone, that is caused by tetanospasmin, a powerful toxin elaborated by Clostridium tetani. Due to worldwide regular vaccination, this disease rarely seen recently. The case we present here is a patient admitted in Shohadaye khalije Fars hospital with severe generalized tetanus due to incomplete vaccination.
topic	tetanus clostridium tetani vaccination muscle spasm
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Case Report Of Severe Generalized Tetanus In a 18 y/o Patient

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