background: infection is now the most common cause of morbidity in systemic lupus erythematosus (sle). there is lack of information regarding the specific antibody forma-tion in response to vaccines in young sle patients. objective: to determine the efficacy of anti-tetanus antibody response in young patients with sle. methods: forty sle pa-tients with mean age of 14.1 years (range: 7-21) and 6...

case presentation in this report, ultrasound-guided sciatic nerve block was performed in a 25-year-old patient with tetanus to progress his respiratory drive which was decreased due to high dose sedative administration. this procedure accelerates the weaning process and extubation. introduction muscle rigidity and generalized spasm can cause severe pain in patients with tetanus. administration ...

background and objectives: hiv infected patients are at risk for vaccine-preventable infections such as tetanus and diphtheria (td). in these patients, these antibodies tend to decline faster. due to the limited data, this study assessed the seroprevalence of tetanus and diphtheria antibodies in hiv infected patients in tehran, iran. materials and methods: this case-control study was carried o...

Background: Immunization against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis has been applied in Iran since 1950. WHO suggests periodical evaluation of effectiveness of the triple diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis (DTwP) vaccine, worldwide. Objectives: To determine the immunogenicity of locally manufactured DTwP vaccine administered to preschool children in a number of health centers of Tehran in 2...

Introduction: Xerostomia is a dry mouth condition caused by many factors, including the potential of neuroinvasiveness and neurotropism from severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-Cov-2). Tetanus causes muscle spasm, rigidity, also as risk factor for xerostomia. Objective: To discuss pathogenesis xerostomia in patients with coronavirus di-sease-2019 (Covid-19) tetanus. Case: A 66...

how to cite this article: islami z, ataee nakhaei mh. neurological manifestations of an old disease: a case report. iran j child neurol. 2013 summer; 7(3): 55-57.   objective neurological manifestations of neonatal disorders have various causes, among them neonatal tetanus, albeit rare, is a potentially fatal and preventable disease, which is seen in underdeveloped and developing countries. alt...

Tetanus, a vaccine-preventable disease threatens life. Tetanus has four clinical presentations: neonatal, localized, cephalic, and generalized. Generalized tetanus was the most common presenting feature on admission to hospital. We report case with generalized difficulty swallowing sore throat by admission. She eight years old. had symptoms fifth day of nail soak. rapidly developed an opisthoto...

Objective: Tetanus remains a major public health problem in the developing countries despite availability of active immunization and passive since long. Non-sterile ear piercing instrumentation pose constant threat tetanus associated with morbidity mortality. Study Design: Retrospective Cross-sectional study. Setting: Department Pediatric, Bahawal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur. Period: June 2019...