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Acta Neurológica Colombiana
versión impresa ISSN 0120-8748versión On-line ISSN 2422-4022
Resumen
GONZALEZ-MANRIQUE, Guillermo et al. Generalized tetanus: A persistent threat, review of the literature and report of three cases. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2021, vol.37, n.4, pp.210-218. Epub 03-Dic-2021. ISSN 0120-8748. https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022390.
INTRODUCTION:
Tetanus is an immuno-preventable disease, produced by the bacterium Clostridium tetani, that causes a disease characterized by muscle spasms, respiratory insufficiency and life-threatening dysautonomia.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
We present a series of three patients who consulted for trismus, muscle stiffness and respiratory failure, which required intensive care management, muscle relaxation, intramuscular and intrathecal administration of tetanus immu-noglobulin, with satisfactory outcomes in all the cases.
DISCUSSION:
Its treatment is divided into two main sections; the first part, the control of infection and elimination of the causative agent, with washing and debridement of wounds, administration of antibiotics and neutralization of the neurotoxin. The second part is life support in the intensive care unit, with the administration of sedation, muscular relaxation and control of dysautonomia and the management of complications.
CONCLUSIONS:
Despite the advances in vaccination, tetanus is still a present disease, whose diagnosis and rapid and adequate treatment allows patients to survive, as in the cases reported here.
Palabras clave : Case Reports; Clostridium tetani; Tetanus; Tetanus Antitoxin; Tetanus Toxin; Review (MeSH).