
Top : Health : Conditions and Diseases : Infectious Diseases : Bacterial : Clostridial :
Tetanus
Websites
Patient education on Tetanus (Lockjaw) offered in English and Spanish.
http://www.e-mds.com/healthinfo_view/i_000000070W/index.html
Factsheet from the FDA.
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/696_tet.html
Extensive factsheet on the disease from the CDC. In .pdf format.
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/pink/tetanus.pdf
Factsheet from the CDC on vaccination for tetanus.
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vaccine/tetanus/default.htm
Includes cause, symptoms, tests, prognosis, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000615.htm
Includes cause, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00227
Fact sheet with cause, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/tetanus.html
Article by Daniel J Dire, MD, FACEP, FAAEM.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic574.htm
Article by Eleftherios Mylonakis, MD, PhD.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2254.htm
Article by Sonali Ray, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic3038.htm
Includes disease and vaccine information, treatment, and prevention.
http://www.who.int/vaccines/en/neotetanus.shtml
Directory of news, articles, and factsheets.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tetanus.html
Provides travel preparation advice and information relating to this potentially fatal disease.
http://www.luggage-life.com/disease/tetanus.php
Offers facts about tetanus, and diptheria and their prevention.
http://www.tetanus.org