Happy ending in two elderly patients with generalized tetanus

Volume: 72 Number: 4 December 1, 2015
  • Emine Parlak
  • Ayşe Ertürk
  • Yasemin Sevgili Çağ
  • Zahide Koşan
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Happy ending in two elderly patients with generalized tetanus

Abstract

The causative agent of tetanus is Clostridium tetani. The disease can be prevented with vaccination, but mortality and morbidity rates are high. Mortality rates in tetanus range between 25% and 60%. Prognosis is poor in the presence of advanced age, dirty wounds, generalised cases and a short incubation period. Awareness in society must be increased and immunization programs must be developed. Patients should be observed in intensive care units. Supportive care is very important advenced, as well as medical treatment. This consists of avoidance of early intubation, ventilation, tracheotomy and nosocomial infections. We describe two elderly patients observed in intensive care and discharged with full recovery, even though no post-exposure prophylaxis was administered.Key Words:Clostridium tetani, immunoprophylaxis, opisthotonus, mechanical ventilation, tetanus

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Emine Parlak This is me

Ayşe Ertürk This is me

Yasemin Sevgili Çağ This is me

Zahide Koşan This is me

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APA
Parlak, E., Ertürk, A., Çağ, Y. S., & Koşan, Z. (2015). Happy ending in two elderly patients with generalized tetanus. Türk Hijyen Ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi, 72(4), 317-322. https://izlik.org/JA65SH39ZZ
AMA
1.Parlak E, Ertürk A, Çağ YS, Koşan Z. Happy ending in two elderly patients with generalized tetanus. Turk Hij Den Biyol Derg. 2015;72(4):317-322. https://izlik.org/JA65SH39ZZ
Chicago
Parlak, Emine, Ayşe Ertürk, Yasemin Sevgili Çağ, and Zahide Koşan. 2015. “Happy Ending in Two Elderly Patients With Generalized Tetanus”. Türk Hijyen Ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi 72 (4): 317-22. https://izlik.org/JA65SH39ZZ.
EndNote
Parlak E, Ertürk A, Çağ YS, Koşan Z (December 1, 2015) Happy ending in two elderly patients with generalized tetanus. Türk Hijyen ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi 72 4 317–322.
IEEE
[1]E. Parlak, A. Ertürk, Y. S. Çağ, and Z. Koşan, “Happy ending in two elderly patients with generalized tetanus”, Turk Hij Den Biyol Derg, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 317–322, Dec. 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA65SH39ZZ
ISNAD
Parlak, Emine - Ertürk, Ayşe - Çağ, Yasemin Sevgili - Koşan, Zahide. “Happy Ending in Two Elderly Patients With Generalized Tetanus”. Türk Hijyen ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi 72/4 (December 1, 2015): 317-322. https://izlik.org/JA65SH39ZZ.
JAMA
1.Parlak E, Ertürk A, Çağ YS, Koşan Z. Happy ending in two elderly patients with generalized tetanus. Turk Hij Den Biyol Derg. 2015;72:317–322.
MLA
Parlak, Emine, et al. “Happy Ending in Two Elderly Patients With Generalized Tetanus”. Türk Hijyen Ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi, vol. 72, no. 4, Dec. 2015, pp. 317-22, https://izlik.org/JA65SH39ZZ.
Vancouver
1.Emine Parlak, Ayşe Ertürk, Yasemin Sevgili Çağ, Zahide Koşan. Happy ending in two elderly patients with generalized tetanus. Turk Hij Den Biyol Derg [Internet]. 2015 Dec. 1;72(4):317-22. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA65SH39ZZ