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Report of a Tetanus Case Followed Up in a Palliative Care Service

Bir Palyatif Bakım Servisi’nde Takip Edilen Tetanoz Olgusu

Latife Merve Yağlıoğlu(SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAMSUN SAĞLIK UYGULAMA VE ARAŞTIRMA MERKEZİ, DAHİLİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, AİLE HEKİMLİĞİ ANABİLİM DALI)0000-0003-0333-3153
Mahcube Cubukcu(Samsun Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Aile Hekimliği Ana Bilim Dalı)0000-0003-4799-6848
Seçil Müderrisoğlu(Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Ensitütüsü, Biyokimya Ana Bilim Dalı)0000-0001-8802-5752
Pages
465–468
Publication Date
2022-06-20
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With our case report, it is aimed to draw attention to the importance of tetanus prophylaxis and adult immunization in those with an unknown history of past vaccination and a history of contact with foreign bodies from injury or mucousa /open wound.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Tetanus is an acutely developed, rarely observed disease that can be fatal in older age and is caused by neurotoxins.
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Key Findings & Data:Our case was a 61- year old male patient who developed generalized tetanus with trismus, opistotonus, risus sardonicus, abdominal rigidity and ultimately remained sequelae.
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Conclusion & Impact:With our case report, it is aimed to draw attention to the importance of tetanus prophylaxis and adult immunization in those with an unknown history of past vaccination and a history of contact with foreign bodies from injury or mucousa /open wound.
🔬Design:Olgu Sunumu
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Tetanoz · tetanoz toksini · tetanoz aşısı

Abstract

Tetanus is an acutely developed, rarely observed disease that can be fatal in older age and is caused by neurotoxins. Our case was a 61- year old male patient who developed generalized tetanus with trismus, opistotonus, risus sardonicus, abdominal rigidity and ultimately remained sequelae. With our case report, it is aimed to draw attention to the importance of tetanus prophylaxis and adult immunization in those with an unknown history of past vaccination and a history of contact with foreign bodies from injury or mucousa /open wound.

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Tetanoz, akut gelişen, nadir izlenen, ileri yaşlarda ölümcül seyredebilen ve nörotoksinlerle oluşan bir hastalıktır. Olgumuz, 61 yaşında, trismus, opistotonus, risus sardonicus, abdominal rijidite bulguları ile jeneralize tetanoz gelişen ve sonuçta sekel kalan erkek bir hastaydı. Olgu sunumumuz ile geçmiş aşılama öyküsü bilinmeyen, yaralanma veya mukozadan/açık yaradan yabancı cisim ile temas öyküsü olanlarda tetanoz profilaksisinin ve erişkin bağışıklamasının önemine dikkat çekmek amaçlanmıştır.

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Yağlıoğlu, L. M., Cubukcu, M., Müderrisoğlu, S. (2022). Report of a Tetanus Case Followed Up in a Palliative Care Service. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Cilt: 16 Sayı: 2, 465–468. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.1047646

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