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Tetanus is an acute disease caused by the anaerobic (without oxygen), gram positive, non-capsulated spore forming bacteria Clostridium tetani. C. tetani can resist very high temperatures and is not spread from person to person. Tetanus is a rare and often fatal neurological disease that causes increased tone and muscle spasms due to the bacteria.1,2 The most common way the bacterium enters the body is through wounds which are susceptible to infection if they are: “contaminated with soil, feces, or saliva, puncture wounds including unsterile injection sites, devitalized tissue including burns, avulsions and degloving injuries”.3 <br> The disease tetanus extends all the way back to the fifth century BC. However, not till the late 1800s was it discovered that the toxins had the ability to infect several species and that protection could be provided by passive transfer of an antitoxin.2 In 1924, the immunization to protect people against tetanus was developed. By 1940 the tetanus immunization has become a routine in children’s vaccinations.1<br><br> | |||
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Definition/Description[edit | edit source]
Tetanus is an acute disease caused by the anaerobic (without oxygen), gram positive, non-capsulated spore forming bacteria Clostridium tetani. C. tetani can resist very high temperatures and is not spread from person to person. Tetanus is a rare and often fatal neurological disease that causes increased tone and muscle spasms due to the bacteria.1,2 The most common way the bacterium enters the body is through wounds which are susceptible to infection if they are: “contaminated with soil, feces, or saliva, puncture wounds including unsterile injection sites, devitalized tissue including burns, avulsions and degloving injuries”.3
The disease tetanus extends all the way back to the fifth century BC. However, not till the late 1800s was it discovered that the toxins had the ability to infect several species and that protection could be provided by passive transfer of an antitoxin.2 In 1924, the immunization to protect people against tetanus was developed. By 1940 the tetanus immunization has become a routine in children’s vaccinations.1
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