|
Age |
Title |
Summary |
Published |
Format* |
Newborn
to 14 yrs. |
"Philosophic objection to vaccination
as a risk for tetanus among children younger than 15 years" |
Report
#62: After reviewing tetanus
cases in children younger than 15 years, the authors conclude the majority of
the children were unvaccinated on philosophic or religious grounds.
|
10/31/03 |
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PDF |
| Various |
"Tetanus among injecting-drug
users--California, 1997" |
Report
#61: A summary of 27 tetanus
cases among injecting-drug users (IDUs) concludes that each clinical encounter
with an IDU should include assessment for tetanus vaccination and vaccine
administration if needed.
|
10/31/03 |
HTML
PDF |
| 76 yrs. |
"Death from tetanus after a pretibial
laceration" |
Report
#60: The tetanus death of an
English woman is attributed to failure to follow
established guidelines for immunoprophylaxis in treating tetanus-prone
wounds.
|
10/31/03 |
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PDF |
Young
adult |
"Blindsided by tetanus" |
Report
#59: Dr. Claire Panosian
Dunavan relates her experience diagnosing and treating an unvaccinated immigrant
brought to a hospital emergency room with seizures.
|
10/31/03 |
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PDF |
|
61 yrs. |
"Tetanus killed woman after fall in
garden” and “Woman’s death could speed action on tetanus vaccinations for older
people” |
Report
#58: Four weeks after
cutting her face during a fall in her garden in England, Sheila Creighton dies
from tetanus.
|
10/31/03 |
HTML
PDF |
Older
adults |
"Tetanus-Puerto Rico, 2002" |
Report #48: The deaths of two men
over 60 years of age from tetanus, and the 7-week hospitalization of another,
serve as a powerful reminder that "adults aged 60 years or greater are at
greatest risk for tetanus and tetanus-related mortality."
|
8/8/02 |
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Older
adult |
"Tetanus is far more than a "rusty
nail" disease" |
Report #16: A daughter describes
her mother's unexpected and painful death from tetanus, presumably contracted
during gardening.
|
5/3/99 |
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PDF |
| Newborn |
"Montana newborn of an unvaccinated
mother contracts neonatal tetanus after application of nonsterile clay to the
umbilical cord" |
Report #7: A newborn is
hospitalized with neonatal tetanus after her parents follow a midwife's advice
to apply a powdered "health and beauty clay" to the umbilical cord.
|
12/15/98 |
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