introduction cephalic tetanus is a rare form of tetanus, defined as trismus and cranial nerve palsy. it has a mortality rate of 15 - 30%. case presentation the purpose of this case report was to present a case of cephalic tetanus with trismus, a rare form of tetanus, in an intravenous drug abuser. timely diagnosis and management prevented progression into the generalized form and made the patie...

Background. Despite the growing share of neonatal mortality in under-5 mortality in the recent decades in India, most studies have focused on infant and child mortality putting neonatal mortality on the back seat. The development of focused and evidence-based health interventions to reduce neonatal mortality warrants an examination of factors affecting it. Therefore, this study attempt to exami...

Tetanus merupakan penyakit yang disebabkan oleh kuman Clostridium tetani. Penyakit ini termasuk mematikan di negara berkembang. Melihat masih tingginya kasus tetanus berkembang serta untuk memberikan pelayanan terbaik dan pengobatan efektif terhadap pasien terkena tetanus, maka diperlukan optimalisasi pada proses pembuatan serum anti sehingga dapat meningkatkan kapasitas produksi kualitas dihas...

The level of circulating tetanus toxin, antitoxin and their individual influence on the outcome of tetanus cases were determined in unimmunized 125 neonatal and 39 infant cases of tetanus. PHA (passive haemagglutination) test showed 40% positive cases for toxin while its absence in the remaining cases indicated of either toxin fixation to the central nervous system (CNS) or it got neutralized b...