ArticleCureus2020
An Unusual Case of Evolving Localized Tetanus Despite Prior Immunization and Protective Antibody Titer.
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- Tetanus: recognition and management.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2025Review
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- Tetanus Following Canine Bite in Japan: A Case Report and Literature Review.Infection and drug resistance · 2023Article
- Progressive localized tetanus in patient with inadequate human tetanus immunoglobulin therapy.IDCases · 2021Article
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Abstract
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that tetanus infection in a fully immunized person with the last dose within 10 years is extremely rare. The prevalence of localized tetanus in such a scenario is unknown. Only two case reports of localized tetanus in previously immunized patients have been reported so far, making this the third one. Also, this is the first case of its kind to demonstrate evolving localized tetanus. Our patient is a 19-year-old man who presented with shortness of breath, pain in right upper extremity, shoulder, and neck. His chest X-ray and creatine kinase were normal. The patient was sent home. He presented again to our hospital two days later with difficulty swallowing and speaking as well as chest tightness. Routine blood tests, electrocardiogram, CT angiography of the chest, and transthoracic echocardiogram were normal. He gave a history of a cut in the right middle finger while removing the carpet a week before his presentation. His immunization history was complete with documented last tetanus shot nine years and two months ago. He was treated with tetanus vaccine and penicillin. His tetanus antitoxoid titer came out protective.
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