Penggunaan Anti Tetanus Serum dan Human Tetanus Immunoglobulin pada Tetanus Anak

Anti-Tetanus Serum

Intrathecal anti-tetanus human immunoglobulin in the treatment of neonatal tetanus.

OBJECTIVE To determine the outcome of tetanus in neonates treated with intrathecal tetanus immunoglobulin in terms of mortality and hospital stay. STUDY DESIGN Experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Paediatric Unit I, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur, from April 2004 to December 2007. METHODOLOGY Seventy neonates with diagnosis of neonatal tetanus were included in the study....

ANTI-TETANUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES IN WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE

Neonatal tetanus (NT) is a leading cause of neonatal mortality in many parts of the world. Tetanus is a vaccine-preventable disease and is second only to measles worldwide as a cause of childhood mortality. In this study the various irnrnunoglobulin classes of anti-tetanus antibody in the sera of 105 Iranian women of childbearing age (13-45 years) were titrated by enzyme linked immunosorben...

Influences on Formation of Tetanus Antibody after Simultaneous Injection of Tetanus Immunoglobulin with Tetanus Vaccine

The goal of this study was to determine how much the formation of tetanus antibody is influenced after a single injection of tetanus vaccine (Td) and the simultaneous injection of tetanus vaccine with tetanus immunoglobulin (TIG). All of the healthy adult volunteers were divided into two groups: group 1 (Td only) and group 2 (Td plus TIG). Two hundred thirty seven volunteers were enrolled. When...

A randomized double-blind sham-controlled study of intrathecal human anti-tetanus immunoglobulin in the management of tetanus.

BACKGROUND Tetanus is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in developing countries. Various modalities of treatment to prevent progression of the disease and alter its outcome have been tried. This study was designed to evaluate the role of intrathecal human anti-tetanus immunoglobulin (TIG) in the management of tetanus. METHODS Thirty-six adult patients presenting to an university-affili...