RT Book, Section
A1 Radke, Joshua B.
A2 Olson, Kent R.
A2 Anderson, Ilene B.
A2 Benowitz, Neal L.
A2 Blanc, Paul D.
A2 Clark, Richard F.
A2 Kearney, Thomas E.
A2 Kim-Katz, Susan Y.
A2 Wu, Alan H. B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1179992661
T1 TETANUS
T2 Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071839792
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1179992661
RD 2024/04/23
AB Tetanus  is  a  rare  disease  in  developed  countries.  The  incidence  of  tetanus  ranges  from  10,000  to  1  million  cases  per  year  globally,  with  only  50–100  of  those  cases  occurring  in  the  United  States.  Success  in  prevention  of  tetanus  is  largely  due  to  vaccination  programs.  In  developed  countries,  tetanus  is  most  commonly  seen  in  older  persons,  recent  immigrants,  and  IV  drug  users  who  have  not  maintained  adequate  tetanus  immunization.  Tetanus  is  caused  by  an  exotoxin  produced  by  Clostridium  tetani,  an  anaerobic,  spore-forming,  gram-positive  rod  found  widely  in  soil  and  in  the  GI  tract.