0 a serious disease caused by bacteria entering the human body through small cuts, causing the muscles, especially around the mouth, to become tight and stop working --
1 an infectious disease that causes the muscles esp. around the mouth to become stiff --
Consequently, prevalence of tetanus toxoid antibodies can be used as a parameter to assess the effects of vaccination.
Of the 91 cases with a vaccination history, only 1 individual, who had a mild clinical infection, had received the recommended 5 tetanus vaccinations.
Whether this was due to an overall improvement in standards of care or specifically to diminution in the incidence of neonatal tetanus is uncertain.
There is a crucial role for reference laboratories in confirmation of botulism and tetanus and in speciation of non-perfringens clostridia.
The completeness of these data for tetanus should be high, as nearly all diagnosed cases would be admitted to hospital.
Twenty-one patients developed tetanus after other reported injuries or potential risk factors for exposure.
A consequence is that there is a diminished, though usually effective, response to several vaccines including hepatitis, tetanus and influenza.
The high levels of susceptibility to tetanus and diphtheria have two main causes.
