RT Book, Section
A1 Purandare, Amol
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182936869
T1 Tetanus
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182936869
RD 2024/04/20
AB Tetanus  is  an  acute  illness  caused  by  an  exotoxin  produced  by  the  vegetative  form  of  Clostridium  tetani.  The  tetanus  bacillus  is  a  gram-positive,  spore-forming  obligate  anaerobe.  It  is  widely  distributed  in  the  soil  in  most  parts  of  the  world.  Clostridium  tetani  is  normally  present  in  the  intestines  of  horses,  cattle,  and  other  herbivora  and  is  found  in  2%  to  30%  of  normal  human  fecal  flora.  The  highest  number  of  colonized  persons  occurs  in  agricultural  communities.  The  tetanus  organism  is  a  wound  contaminant  and  does  not  cause  tissue  destruction  or  inflammation.