The author did a review entitled clinical aspects of tetanus emphasizing the etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnostic, clinical aspects, differential diagnosis, laboratorial tests, treatment, complications and prophylaxis.

Tetanus is an acute, serious and life-threatening infectious disease that affects the nervous system. It is caused by a neurotoxin called tetanospasmin produced by the bacterium clostridium tetani. This infection is ...

Tetanus is characterized by high case fatality rates in horses. Comprehensive case series studies involving equine tetanus from different geographic areas enable the evaluation of prognosis, efficacy of treatment, and ...

Tetanus and diphtheria vaccines are of special concern in adolescents because boosters are necessary for adequate maintenance of protection and are often omitted. We assessed serum levels of tetanus and diphtheria antibodies ...

Tetanus still remains a significant health problem in developing countries; it is a serious disease with a high mortality rate. The purpose of this study was to characterize the oral sensorimotor function for feeding in ...

Possibility of interference in the development of active antitetanic immunity was studied in the offspring of guinea pigs and mice whose mothers had received antitetanic vaccine during different periods of pregnancy. ...

To study the frequency and examine the role of rhabdomyolysis in the acute renalfailure in tetanus 18 patients with the diagnosis of generalized tetanus consecutively admitted to the infectious disease hospital were ...