RT Book, Section
A1 Nacouzi, Vincent
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Cydulka, Rita K.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Handel, Daniel A.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 56275334
T1 Chapter 94. Tetanus and Rabies
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 7e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178184-8
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56275334
RD 2024/04/24
AB Tetanus  is  an  acute,  frequently  fatal  spasmodic  disease  resulting  from  a  wound  infected  with  the  organism  Clostridium  tetani.  The  disease  is  exotoxin  mediated.  In  the  United  States,  69%  of  Americans  >  70  years  old  not  have  adequate  immunity.  The  incidence  has  increased  in  the  20  to  59  years  old.