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ArticleOxford medical case reports2022

Successful management of generalized tetanus in a 12-year old girl without anti-tetanus immunoglobulins: a case report.

Arlindo Muhelo, Ahivaldino Zita, Amir Seni, Danys Alvarez Arzuaga, Lee Smith, Damiano Pizzol, Yasmin Al Naber

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Article in Oxford medical case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Arlindo MuheloDepartment of Paediatry, Central Hospital of Beira, Beira, Mozambique.
Ahivaldino ZitaDepartment of Paediatry, Central Hospital of Beira, Beira, Mozambique.
Amir SeniDepartment of Paediatry, Central Hospital of Beira, Beira, Mozambique.
Danys Alvarez ArzuagaDepartment of Paediatry, Central Hospital of Beira, Beira, Mozambique.
Lee SmithCentre for Health, Performance, and Wellbeing, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Damiano PizzolOperative Research Unit, Doctors with Africa Cuamm, Beira, Mozambique.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4122-0774
Yasmin Al NaberDepartment of Child Health, St John and Paul Hospital, Venice, Italy.
Maputo Central Hospital · MZAnglia Ruskin University · GBDoctors with Africa Cuamm · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In low-income countries tetanus is a major public health concern owing to a low immunization coverage and unclean birth practices. Although it is a vaccine-preventable disease, tetanus can be contracted across the life course. The disease is prevalent and harmful in newborn babies and their mothers when the mothers` are unvaccinated against tetanus. We report on a case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with general malaise, anorexia, dysphagia, trismus and dehydration, which rapidly developed into severe generalized tetanus and was successfully managed in a low-resource setting without the availability of human anti-tetanus immunoglobulins.

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PMID36176952
PMCPMC9514102
OpenAlexW4297318899

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