Tetanus - Case Report, Review of Literature and Recent Advances in Management

Nkpozi MO (1)
(1) Department of Medicine, Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba, Abia State, Nigeria. , Nigeria

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Vol. 2 No. 04 (2019)
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    tetanus, patient died, Hospital, ICU
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Tetanusremainsacommoninfectioninthepoor,developingcountriesoftheworldwhereitsmortalityisstillhigh.Intensivecareunit(ICU)facilities,notreadilyavail-ableinthosecountries,arerequiredinseveretetanusforafavourableoutcome.Theobjectiveofthisreportistodrawattentiontoanuncommonsourceoftetanusveryunlikelytobecoveredbytheexistingmaternal-childvaccinationprogramme.AcaseoftetanusinayoungwomanwhohadinducedabortionwasseenandmanagedinAbiaStateUniversityTeachingHospital,(ABSUTH),Aba.Thepatientdiedlessthan48hoursofhospitalization,promptingthisreviewofrecentadvancesinmanagementoftetanus.Inconclusion,becauseofsomeuncommonandtrivialsourcesoftetanus,expensiveandscarcemedicationsforneutralizingtetanustoxins,availabilityofcheapandef-fectivevaccine,highmortalityassociatedwithseveretetanusandthedireneedforICUfacilitiesinseverecases,oneisconstrainedtoadvocateforuniversaltetanusimmunizationwithboosterdosesastheneedarises

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Nkpozi MO
Department of Medicine, Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba, Abia State, Nigeria.
marcelnkpozi@gmail.com (Primary Contact)
MO, N. (2022). Tetanus - Case Report, Review of Literature and Recent Advances in Management. Journal of Medical Case Reports and Reviews, 2(04). Retrieved from http://jmcrr.info/index.php/jmcrr/article/view/187
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