Current UK policy on immunisation for tetanus has changed in the light of evidence that five doses of vaccine probably provides sufficient protection as long as high-risk wounds are managed with tetanus immunoglobulin. This paper reviews the evidence base for tetanus immunisation policy in England and Wales: the epidemiology of tetanus, vaccination coverage and response to tetanus toxoid, and p...

background and objectives: tetanus and diphtheria are vaccine-preventable, infectious diseases with significant morbidity and mortality. immunization by the diphtheria and tetanus toxoid (dt) has been applied in iran for almost 50 years. however, there are very few data about the rate of immunity to these diseases in the adult population. the humoral immunity to tetanus and diphtheria among blo...

INTRODUCTION The association of Guillain-Barré syndrome with vaccination has been described in the literature; it is infrequent and controversial. An association with swine influenza, influenza, hepatitis and tetanus vaccination has been documented in few case reports. CASE PRESENTATION A 40-year-old Caucasian man sustained a small right temporal epidural hematoma and nondisplaced right skull...

BACKGROUND In spite of the clear-cut guidelines regarding tetanus immunization, we have observed that tetanus toxoid injection is often given after injury without considering previous immunization status. One of the reasons for this could be that the doctors themselves are not aware of the correct immunization schedules against tetanus. AIMS 1. To assess the knowledge about tetanus immunizati...

Sir, I thought your readers may be interested in the management of a recent case of tetanus which occurred at this hospital. A 63-year-old lady presented to the Accident and Emergency Department soon after laceration to her right leg, caused by a sheet of glass taken from a dismantled greenhouse in her garden. A 'V'-shaped flap, 4 cm each limb, an apparently clean and subcutaneous wound, was si...

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...

Tetanus is a vaccine-preventable disease and remains an important cause of under five morbidity and mortality, especially in the developing countries. Tetanus is considered as a failure of public health system. Here the clinical course of neonatal tetanus of eighteen days old female baby who was presented to Daror health centre with complaints of refusal to take feeding, inability to open her m...

Enclosed for your consideration for publication in BMC Pediatrics is the original manuscript, “An open-label randomized clinical trial in children of prophylactic paracetamol co-administered with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and hexavalent diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, 3-component acellular pertussis, hepatitis B, inactivated polio virus, and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine.”