Demography and Symptom Profile of Tetanus: A Cross-sectional Observation in an Infectious Disease Hospital of Bangladesh

• Published in: Mymensingh medical journal : MMJ Vol. 29; no. 1; p. 129
• Main Authors: Hasan, M K, Patwary, M I, Fatema, K, Alam, S T, Tabrez, M S, Rahman, M M, Haq, S S, Kabir, M R, Akther, M, Noman, A F, Zafrin, N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bangladesh 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bangladesh - epidemiology; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Deglutition Disorders - epidemiology; Deglutition Disorders - etiology; Demography; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Rural Population; Sex Distribution; Socioeconomic Factors; Tetanus - complications; Tetanus - diagnosis; Tetanus - epidemiology; Tetanus - therapy; Treatment Outcome; Trismus - epidemiology; Trismus - etiology; Urban Population - statistics & numerical data; Young Adult; Bangladesh

Tetanus is a potentially preventable neurological infectious disorder with paucity of literature in Bangladesh. We aimed to see the demography and symptom profile of tetanus cases managed at the Infectious disease Hospital Sylhet. This hospital based cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted w...