Spread tetanus in an adolescent
Keywords:
adolescent, vaccination, spasm, tetanus.Abstract
The case report of a 13 years adolescent, with history of good health who just received immunization during the neonatal period is presented. He suffered from a wound caused by a rusty nail in the back of the right foot and he went to the Wete Hospital in Zanzibar, Tanzania, presenting muscular pains, spread spasms, sardonic laugh and trismus, reason why he was diagnosed spread tetanus. Treatment was prescribed with parenteral hydration, anti-tetanus toxin, anti-tetanus toxoide, antibiotics, sedative and total cure of this wound. After 2 months of hospitalization the patient had a favorable clinical course.
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