Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is a bacterial infection caused by Clostridium tetani and characterized by muscle spasms. In the most common type, the...
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Tetanus vaccine, also known as tetanus toxoid (TT), is a toxoid vaccine used to prevent tetanus. During childhood, five doses are recommended, with a...
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DPT vaccine (redirect from Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine)
diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (lockjaw). The vaccine components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and either killed whole cells...
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Neonatal tetanus (trismus nascentium) is a form of generalised tetanus that occurs in newborns. Infants who have not acquired passive immunity from an...
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Tetanus toxin (TeNT) is an extremely potent neurotoxin produced by the vegetative cell of Clostridium tetani in anaerobic conditions, causing tetanus...
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Anti-tetanus immunoglobulin, also known as tetanus immune globulin (TIG) and tetanus antitoxin, is a medication made up of antibodies against the tetanus toxin...
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Clostridium tetani (redirect from Tetanus bacillus)
Clostridium tetani is a common soil bacterium and the causative agent of tetanus. Vegetative cells of Clostridium tetani are usually rod-shaped and up to...
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Expanded Program on Immunization (Philippines) (section Tetanus Toxoid Immunization Schedule for Women)
global certification; eliminating measles by 2008; and eliminating neonatal tetanus by 2008. Every Wednesday is designated as immunization day and is adopted...
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Booster dose (redirect from Tetanus booster)
time. For example, tetanus shot boosters are often recommended every 10 years, by which point memory cells specific against tetanus lose their function...
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preserved. For example, the tetanus toxoid is derived from the tetanospasmin produced by Clostridium tetani. The latter causes tetanus and is vaccinated against...
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Post-exposure prophylaxis (section Tetanus)
of income). Tetanus toxoid can be given in case of a suspected exposure to tetanus. In such cases, it can be given with or without tetanus immunoglobulin...
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poliomyelitis prenatal Listeria Group B streptoccus infection Tay–Sachs disease tetanus Ureaplasma urealyticum infection respiratory Syncytial Virus infection...
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of the β subunit of HCG covalently linked to tetanus toxoid. It was alleged that a non-conjugated tetanus vaccine used in developing countries was laced...
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acellular vaccines. The vaccine is only available in combination with tetanus and diphtheria vaccines. Pertussis vaccine is estimated to have saved over...
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given along with tetanus vaccine and pertussis vaccine, are recommended during childhood. Further doses of the diphtheria–tetanus vaccine are recommended...
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is an apparent smile on the face of those who are convulsing because of tetanus or strychnine poisoning. From the Oxford English Dictionary, "A fixed,...
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restricted opening of the mouth. The term was initially used in the setting of tetanus. Trismus may be caused by spasm of the muscles of mastication or a variety...
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ATC code J07 (section J07AM Tetanus vaccines)
conjugated J07AM01 Tetanus toxoid J07AM51 Tetanus toxoid, combinations with diphtheria toxoid J07AM52 Tetanus toxoid, combinations with tetanus immunoglobulin...
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used to treat tetanus, when serum from immunized horses was injected into patients with severe tetanus in an attempt to neutralize the tetanus toxin, and...
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Risus sardonicus (category Tetanus)
the facial muscles that appears to produce grinning. It may be caused by tetanus, strychnine poisoning, or Wilson's disease, and has been reported after...
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Tetany (category Tetanus)
of the nerves that innervate them. Muscle cramps caused by the disease tetanus are not classified as tetany; rather, they are due to a lack of inhibition...
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woman was diagnosed with tetanus, admitted to the hospital, and begun on a regimen of 3,000 units of tetanus immune globulin, tetanus toxoid, and intravenous...
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of smallpox and the restriction of diseases such as polio, measles, and tetanus from much of the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that...
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have a beneficial effect in the control of the neuromuscular spasms of tetanus. It does not, however, replace the current treatment regimen. It is not...
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immune response or to boost response that fades over time. For example, tetanus vaccine boosters are often recommended every 10 years. Vaccine schedules...
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vaccines) include tetanus vaccine, others (known as DPT vaccine or DTaP vaccine depending on the pertussis antigen used) comes with the tetanus and pertussis...
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Opisthotonus (category Tetanus)
brain injury or as a result of the severe muscular spasms associated with tetanus. It can be a feature of severe acute hydrocephalus, poisoning, and drowning...
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Tetanic contraction (category Tetanus)
(also called tetanized state, tetanus, or physiologic tetanus, the latter to differentiate from the disease called tetanus) is a sustained muscle contraction...
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diseases, including cholera, syphilis, anthrax, leprosy, tuberculosis, tetanus and bubonic plague. The most common fatal bacterial diseases are respiratory...
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Microbial toxin (section Tetanus)
Tetanus enters the body of organisms through wounds or skin breaks and can be found in manure, soil, and dust. Tetanus mechanism includes tetanus preventing...
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