Adult tetanus is not gone yet, but could be ready to leave: A case-series from central India.
Adult tetanus
adult immunization
central India
tetanus boosters
Journal
Germs
ISSN: 2248-2997
Titre abrégé: Germs
Pays: Romania
ID NLM: 101596099
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2023
Mar 2023
Historique:
received:
08
07
2022
revised:
09
11
2022
accepted:
24
02
2023
medline:
29
11
2023
pubmed:
29
11
2023
entrez:
29
11
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Adult tetanus is a neurotoxin mediated infectious disease, that continues to be seen despite availability of a highly efficacious vaccine. In India population-based burden estimates for adult tetanus are not available. Elimination of neonatal and maternal tetanus from India was achieved in 2015 with DPT (diphtheria, pertusis, and tetanus) vaccine during childhood and tetanus toxoid (TT) during antenatal care. Vaccine coverage in adults is uneven. While pregnant women receive the vaccine as part of ante-natal care, booster dose coverage in all other non-pregnant women and men is poor. We describe four cases of adult tetanus that presented to our tertiary care hospital in central India. Out of four cases, two were homemakers, one was a farmer, another was a student. Three of them were not aware regarding primary tetanus vaccination and none of the four received any booster dosages of tetanus vaccine. These cases highlight complexity of disease management and reinforce the need for adult booster immunization against tetanus.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38023953
doi: 10.18683/germs.2023.1371
pii: germs.2023.1371
pmc: PMC10659751
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
86-89Informations de copyright
GERMS.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of interest: All authors – none to declare.
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