Retrospective chart- review of Tetanus cases admitted in a tertiary care hospital

Abstract

Tetanus or lockjaw is a global health problem. Even though tetanus is a vaccine-preventable disease and now becoming rare in developed countries, it is a cause of thousands of deaths and disabilities annually in low to middleincome countries.1 Tetanus is caused by exotoxin of gram-negative anaerobic bacteria, Clostridium tetani, whose spores are ubiquitous in soil, dust, and manure. 2 The spores enter the human body through a skin break, typically an acute wound, such as wood or thorn-pricks, abrasions, punctures, lacerations, heel fissures, or following traffic accidents or surgery. 3-4