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| Greco,Jiuseppe Benitivoglio; Sacramento,Edilson; Tavares-Neto,José. |
| Evaluating tetanus immune status is not yet the usual clinical practice regarding patients with chronic ulcers or myasis. However, of 858 tetanus patients at Hospital Couto Maia (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) aged 1 year or above, 2 had pressure ulcers and 17 had chronic ulceration of the lower limbs where these skin lesions were the ports of entry for Clostridium tetani. In these 19 cases, the following predisposing factors were described: venous insufficiency (n=6), sickle cell anemia (n=2), Hansen's disease (n=1), malnutrition (n=1), diabetes mellitus (n=1), trauma (n=1) and unknown factors (n=7). In 6 other cases, in addition to the Hansen's disease patient, the port of entry for tetanus was the site of extraction of Tunga penetrans larvae. In these 25... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tetanus; Chronic leg ulcer; Venous leg ulcer; Sickle cell disease; Hansen's disease; Tunga penetrans; Clostridium tetani. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000600005 |
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| Miranda-Filho,D.B.; Ximenes,R.A.A.; Barone,A.A.; Vaz,V.L.; Vieira,A.G.; Albuquerque,V.M.G.. |
| The authors propose a clinical classification to monitor the evolution of tetanus patients, ranging from grade I to IV according to severity. It was applied on admission and repeated on alternate days up to the 10th day to patients aged > or = 12 years admitted to the State University Hospital, Recife, Brazil. Patients were also classified upon admission according to three prognostic indicators to determine if the proposed classification is in agreement with the traditionally used indicators. Upon admission, the distribution of the 64 patients among the different levels of the proposed classification was similar for the groups of better and worse prognosis according to the three indicators (P > 0.05), most of the patients belonging to grades I and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tetanus; Progression; Classification; Clinical. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006001000009 |
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| Divino-Goes,K.G.; Moraes-Pinto,M.I. de; Dinelli,M.I.S.; Casagrande,S.T.; Bonetti,T.C.S.; Andrade,P.R.; Weckx,L.Y.. |
| The introduction of routine vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria in Brazil has decreased the incidence and changed the epidemiology of both diseases. We then investigated the prevalence of Corynebacterium diphtheriae carrier status and diphtheria and tetanus immunity in São Paulo, Brazil. From November 2001 to March 2003, 374 individuals were tested for the presence of C. diphtheriae in the naso-oropharynx and of serum diphtheria and tetanus antibodies. Participants were all healthy individuals without acute or chronic pathologies and they were stratified by age as follows: 0-12 months and 1-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-24, 25-39, 40-59, and ³60 years. Antibodies were assessed using a double-antigen ELISA. C. diphtheriae species were identified by biochemical... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Diphtheria; Tetanus; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Vaccine; Immunization; Antibody. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007001200012 |
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| Weckx,L.Y.; Divino-Goes,K.; Lihama,D.M.; Carraro,E.; Bellei,N.; Granato,C.F.H.; de Moraes-Pinto,M.I.. |
| Epidemiological data regarding tetanus and diphtheria immunity in elderly people in Brazil are scarce. During the First National Immunization Campaign for the Elderly in Brazil in April 1999, 98 individuals (median age: 84 years) received one tetanus-dyphtheria (Td) vaccine dose (Butantan Institute, lot number 9808079/G). Inclusion criteria were elderly individuals without a history of severe immunosuppressive disease, acute infectious disease or use of immunomodulators. Blood samples were collected immediately before the vaccine and 30 days later. Serum was separated and stored at -20ºC until analysis. Tetanus and diphtheria antibodies were measured by the double-antigen ELISA test. Tetanus and diphtheria antibody concentrations lower than 0.01 IU/mL were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Elderly; Tetanus; Diphtheria; Immunization. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000400012 |
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| Sonobe,M.H.; Trezena,A.G.; Guilhen,F.B.; Takano,V.L.; Fratelli,F.; Sakauchi,D.; Morais,J.F.; Prado,S.M.A.; Higashi,H.G.. |
| A method for the screening of tetanus and diphtheria antibodies in serum using anatoxin (inactivated toxin) instead of toxin was developed as an alternative to the in vivo toxin neutralization assay based on the toxin-binding inhibition test (TOBI test). In this study, the serum titers (values between 1.0 and 19.5 IU) measured by a modified TOBI test (Modi-TOBI test) and toxin neutralization assays were correlated (P < 0.0001). Titers of tetanus or diphtheria antibodies were evaluated in serum samples from guinea pigs immunized with tetanus toxoid, diphtheria-tetanus or triple vaccine. For the Modi-TOBI test, after blocking the microtiter plates, standard tetanus or diphtheria antitoxin and different concentrations of guinea pig sera were incubated with... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tetanus; Diphtheria; Toxin-binding inhibition test; Toxin neutralization. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000100009 |
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| GUIDOLIN,R.; STEPHANO,M. A.; MORAIS,J. F.; SAKAGUTI,E. H.; PRADO,S. M. A.; FRATELLI,F.; VANCETTO,M. D. C.; HIGASHI,H. G.. |
| The present investigation reveals the possibility of simultaneous immunization of horses with Bothrops or Crotalus snake venoms and Tetanus antigens for the production of anti-Bothrops-Tetanus or anti-Crotalus-Tetanus mixed serum, with high titers of the respective specific antibodies. Bothrops antivenoms with an average neutralizing titer of 4.16 mg venom/ml were obtained from plasma of horses with titers lower than 0.5 mg venom/ml when Tetanus antigens were not used. This suggests the existence of a synergism between Bothrops venoms and Tetanus antigens in the stimulation of the antibody response. The pooled plasma of the animals had a neutralizing titer of 21.0 mg/ml reference Bothrops venoms and 3,300 IU/ml to Tetanus antigens after purification by... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Antivenoms; Immunization; Bothrops; Tetanus. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-79301998000100007 |
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| Garber, Lindsey. |
| The National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) is sponsored by the USDA:APHIS:Veterinary Services (VS). The NAHMS Equine '98 Study was designed to provide information about the nation's equine population. Twenty-eight states were included in the study. The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) collaborated with VS to select a statistically-valid sample such that inferences could be made to all equids and operations with equids in the 28 states. For the purposes of the study, equids included domestic horses, miniature horses, ponies, donkeys/burros, and mules. For Part III of the study, data were collected by Federal and State Veterinary Medical Officers and Animal Health Technicians between March 16, 1998, to April 10, 1998, from... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: NAHMS; Horse; Epidemiology; Health; Disease; Vaccination; Stall management; Hoof care; Parasites; Tetanus; Influenza; Encephalitis; Influenza; Herpes virus; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32745 |
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