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Severe tetanus following ulcerated skin cancer: Case report.
Medicine (Baltimore)
July 2020
Department of Emergency, Shenzhen People's Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University; The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology.
Rationale: Tetanus is usually caused by wound infection with Clostridium tetani after acute injuries. Skin cancer wound is a rarely reported cause of tetani infection. It is difficult to be diagnosed and mistaken for other brain lesions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMulticenter Study of Tetanus Patients in Fujian Province of China: A Retrospective Review of 95 Cases.
Biomed Res Int
December 2020
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Provincial Center for Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, China.
Background: Tetanus is a life-threatening disease in developing countries and is accompanied by a high mortality rate. Although China is the world's largest developing country, there have been few clinical studies on tetanus in China. The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiology, incidence, and management of tetanus in Fujian Province and to understand the current treatment and prognosis of tetanus patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Tetanus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: epidemiological, clinical and outcome features of 389 cases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases].
Bull Soc Pathol Exot
December 2015
Institut de la francophonie pour la médecine tropicale, Rue Samsènethai, BP 9519, Vientiane, Laos.
The objective of this study is to describe the different aspects of tetanus during the past recent years in southern Vietnam: epidemiology, clinical picture, management, and death risk factors. It is a retrospective study concerning 389 cases admitted in 2007 and 2008 at the reference Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City. 93% of all cases were generalized tetanus, and 50% were severe cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Experience of two cases of tetanus without a clear history of trauma].
Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho
January 2014
Department of Otolaryngology, Funabashi Municipal Medical Center, Funabashi.
Tetanus develops following inoculation of damaged human tissue with Clostridium tetani which transforms into a vegetative rod-shaped bacterium and produces the tetanospasmin. Usually we make a diagnosis of tetanus based on typical symptoms and history of trauma. But, when patients have no noticeable history of trauma, we have to diagnose tetanus on the basis of the clinical course and symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn taking 1960 as the foundation year for the practice of intensive care medicine in New Zealand, this paper briefly looks into the previous two centuries for some interventions in life-threatening conditions. With the help of descriptions in early 19th century journals and books by perceptive observers, the author focuses on some beliefs and practices of the Maori people during pre-European and later times, as well as aspects of medical treatment in New Zealand for early settlers and their descendents. Dr Laurie Gluckman's book Tangiwai has proved a valuable resource for New Zealand's medical history prior to 1860, while the recent publication of his findings from the examination of coroners' records for Auckland, 1841 to 1864, has been helpful.
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