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Mahadev Meena1, Vaibhav Yadav1, Manish M Yadav2
1MD, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Saket Nagar Bhopal-462020 India.
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.
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