Clostridium tetani Infection in a Geriatric Patient: Do Not Let Your Guard Off!

Tetanus is an infectious disease caused by Clostridium tetani toxin. Although easily preventable through vaccination, over 73,000 new infections and 35,000 deaths due to tetanus occurred worldwide in 2019, with higher rates in countries with healthcare barriers. Here, we present a clinical case of C...

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Autores principales: Piscitelli, Alessandra, Cacciatore, Stefano, Ambrosio, Fiorella, Ragozzino, Rosa, Pasquini, Francesco Maria, Incordino, Francesco, D’Angelo, Emanuela, Gerardino, Laura, Maggi, Loredana, Landi, Francesco
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Publicado: Korean Geriatrics Society 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10556716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37482408
http://dx.doi.org/10.4235/agmr.23.0067
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author Piscitelli, Alessandra
Cacciatore, Stefano
Ambrosio, Fiorella
Ragozzino, Rosa
Pasquini, Francesco Maria
Incordino, Francesco
D’Angelo, Emanuela
Gerardino, Laura
Maggi, Loredana
Landi, Francesco
author_facet Piscitelli, Alessandra
Cacciatore, Stefano
Ambrosio, Fiorella
Ragozzino, Rosa
Pasquini, Francesco Maria
Incordino, Francesco
D’Angelo, Emanuela
Gerardino, Laura
Maggi, Loredana
Landi, Francesco
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description Tetanus is an infectious disease caused by Clostridium tetani toxin. Although easily preventable through vaccination, over 73,000 new infections and 35,000 deaths due to tetanus occurred worldwide in 2019, with higher rates in countries with healthcare barriers. Here, we present a clinical case of C. tetani infection in an 85-year-old patient. Patient robustness and high functional reserve before infection are favorable predictors of survival for an otherwise fatal disease. However, the patient did not experience any severe complications. Therefore, this report is a strong call for tetanus vaccination.
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spelling pubmed-105567162023-10-07 Clostridium tetani Infection in a Geriatric Patient: Do Not Let Your Guard Off! Piscitelli, Alessandra Cacciatore, Stefano Ambrosio, Fiorella Ragozzino, Rosa Pasquini, Francesco Maria Incordino, Francesco D’Angelo, Emanuela Gerardino, Laura Maggi, Loredana Landi, Francesco Ann Geriatr Med Res Case Report Tetanus is an infectious disease caused by Clostridium tetani toxin. Although easily preventable through vaccination, over 73,000 new infections and 35,000 deaths due to tetanus occurred worldwide in 2019, with higher rates in countries with healthcare barriers. Here, we present a clinical case of C. tetani infection in an 85-year-old patient. Patient robustness and high functional reserve before infection are favorable predictors of survival for an otherwise fatal disease. However, the patient did not experience any severe complications. Therefore, this report is a strong call for tetanus vaccination. Korean Geriatrics Society 2023-09 2023-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10556716/ /pubmed/37482408 http://dx.doi.org/10.4235/agmr.23.0067 Text en Copyright © 2023 Korean Geriatrics Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Piscitelli, Alessandra
Cacciatore, Stefano
Ambrosio, Fiorella
Ragozzino, Rosa
Pasquini, Francesco Maria
Incordino, Francesco
D’Angelo, Emanuela
Gerardino, Laura
Maggi, Loredana
Landi, Francesco
Clostridium tetani Infection in a Geriatric Patient: Do Not Let Your Guard Off!
title Clostridium tetani Infection in a Geriatric Patient: Do Not Let Your Guard Off!
title_full Clostridium tetani Infection in a Geriatric Patient: Do Not Let Your Guard Off!
title_fullStr Clostridium tetani Infection in a Geriatric Patient: Do Not Let Your Guard Off!
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title_short Clostridium tetani Infection in a Geriatric Patient: Do Not Let Your Guard Off!
title_sort clostridium tetani infection in a geriatric patient: do not let your guard off!
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10556716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37482408
http://dx.doi.org/10.4235/agmr.23.0067
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