Tetanus disease is one of the most dramatic and globally prevalent diseases of humans and vertebrate animals, and has been reported for over 24 centuries. The manifestation of the disease, spastic paralysis, is caused by the second most poisonous substance known, the tetanus toxin, with a human lethal dose of approximately 1 ng/kg. Fortunately, this disease is successfully controlled through im...

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Tetanus is a disease caused by the toxin produced by Clostridium tetani. The clostridium tetanus bacterium is ubiquitous, and as such, C tetani infection can be acquired through surgery, intravenous drug abuse, the neonate’s umbilicus, bites, burns, body piercing, puncture wounds, and ear infections. In short, this organism can enter through any break in the integrity of the body. As a result o...

Clostridium tetani is generally considered to be a nonsaccharolytic organism and is so described in the most recent edition of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (Breed et al., 1957). Despite this widespread opinion, evidence to the contrary exists. Achalme (1902) reported the stimulation of growth of this organism by glucose without ferementation of glucose; Reddish and Rettger (192...