An Assessment of the Presence of Clostridium tetani in the Soil and on Other Surfaces

Introduction: Standard emergency medicine practice includes tetanus vaccine administration as part of wound care management for patients who are not fully immunized. Since there have been no available studies in the United States reaffirming the prevalence of Clostridium tetani (C tetani) since 1926...

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Main Authors: Michael Shalaby, Alessandro Catenazzi, Melissa F. Smith, Robert A. Farrow II, David Farcy, Oren Mechanic, Tony Zitek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2024-10-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0gm0b5n8