Generalized tetanus: a pediatric case report and literature review.


Journal

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
ISSN: 1678-9946
Titre abrégé: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
Pays: Brazil
ID NLM: 7507484

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2023
Historique:
received: 15 03 2023
accepted: 03 05 2023
medline: 29 6 2023
pubmed: 28 6 2023
entrez: 28 6 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Pediatric tetanus is a rare and forgotten disease in countries with high childhood tetanus toxoid vaccination rates. Therefore, the clinical manifestations, treatment and management of this potentially life-threatening disease are not well known. With a literature review and discussion of tetanus management in pediatric patients, we describe a clinical course of a rare and fatal but vaccine-preventable disease, the generalized tetanus, in an adolescent who was successfully treated.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37377323
pii: S0036-46652023000100403
doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202365040
pmc: PMC10313328
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Tetanus Toxoid 0

Types de publication

Review Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e40

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Auteurs

Melis Deniz (M)

Sanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Sanlıurfa, Turkey.

Tugba Erat (T)

Ankara City Hospital, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ankara, Turkey.

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