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Case Report

Adult Tetanus Is Not Gone Yet, but Could Be Ready to Leave: A Case-Series from Central India

by
Mahadev Meena
1,*,
Vaibhav Yadav
1,
Manish M Yadav
1,
Rajnish Joshi
1,
Prachi Singh
1,
Rajesh Panda
2 and
Saurabh Saigal
2
1
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar, Bhopal 462020, India
2
Department of Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar, Bhopal 462020, India
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
GERMS 2023, 13(1), 86-89; https://doi.org/10.18683/germs.2023.1371
Submission received: 8 July 2022 / Revised: 9 November 2022 / Accepted: 24 February 2023 / Published: 31 March 2023
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Abstract

Introduction Adult tetanus is a neurotoxin mediated infectious disease, that continues to be seen despite availability of a highly efficacious vaccine. In India population-based burden estimates for adult tetanus are not available. Elimination of neonatal and maternal tetanus from India was achieved in 2015 with DPT (diphtheria, pertusis, and tetanus) vaccine during childhood and tetanus toxoid (TT) during antenatal care. Vaccine coverage in adults is uneven. While pregnant women receive the vaccine as part of ante-natal care, booster dose coverage in all other non-pregnant women and men is poor. Case report We describe four cases of adult tetanus that presented to our tertiary care hospital in central India. Out of four cases, two were homemakers, one was a farmer, another was a student. Three of them were not aware regarding primary tetanus vaccination and none of the four received any booster dosages of tetanus vaccine. Conclusions These cases highlight complexity of disease management and reinforce the need for adult booster immunization against tetanus.
Keywords: adult tetanus; tetanus boosters; adult immunization; central India adult tetanus; tetanus boosters; adult immunization; central India

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Meena, M.; Yadav, V.; Yadav, M.M.; Joshi, R.; Singh, P.; Panda, R.; Saigal, S. Adult Tetanus Is Not Gone Yet, but Could Be Ready to Leave: A Case-Series from Central India. GERMS 2023, 13, 86-89. https://doi.org/10.18683/germs.2023.1371

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Meena M, Yadav V, Yadav MM, Joshi R, Singh P, Panda R, Saigal S. Adult Tetanus Is Not Gone Yet, but Could Be Ready to Leave: A Case-Series from Central India. GERMS. 2023; 13(1):86-89. https://doi.org/10.18683/germs.2023.1371

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Meena, Mahadev, Vaibhav Yadav, Manish M Yadav, Rajnish Joshi, Prachi Singh, Rajesh Panda, and Saurabh Saigal. 2023. "Adult Tetanus Is Not Gone Yet, but Could Be Ready to Leave: A Case-Series from Central India" GERMS 13, no. 1: 86-89. https://doi.org/10.18683/germs.2023.1371

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Meena, M., Yadav, V., Yadav, M. M., Joshi, R., Singh, P., Panda, R., & Saigal, S. (2023). Adult Tetanus Is Not Gone Yet, but Could Be Ready to Leave: A Case-Series from Central India. GERMS, 13(1), 86-89. https://doi.org/10.18683/germs.2023.1371

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