Clostridium tetani Infection in a Geriatric Patient: Do Not Let Your Guard Off!

Tetanus is an infectious disease caused by Clostridium tetani toxin. Although easily preventable through vaccination, over 73,000 new infections and 35,000 deaths due to tetanus occurred worldwide in 2019, with higher rates in countries with healthcare barriers. Here, we present a clinical case of C.

Comparison of two different actigraphs with polysomnography in healthy young subjects.

The present study aimed to compare two commercially available actigraphs, with a concurrent polysomnographic (PSG) recording. Twelve healthy volunteers (six women; age range 19-28 yrs) simultaneously wore the Basic Mini-Motionlogger and Actiwatch for seven overnight polysomnographic recordings. Comparisons of the following sleep measures were focused on: sleep onset latency (SOL), total sleep time, wake after sleep onset, and sleep efficiency.