Journal of Neonatal Biology

Cephalic tetanus: A case report

Joint event on 9th World Summit on Neonatal Nursing and Health Care & 49th International conference on Prosthodontics & Restorative Dentistry

November 17, 2023 | Webinar

Chiranji Lal Meena

SMS Medical College, India

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Neonatal Biol

Abstract:

Tetanus is a preventable infectious disease. Cephalic tetanus is the rare presentation in which involvement of cranial nerves occurs. We report a case of cephalic tetanus with unusual manifestations which could not be diagnosed at peripheral institutions & couple of pediatricians. This case is reported because of rarity of cephalic tetanus association with unusual age presentation, also associated with high mortality, to highlight the risk of cephalic tetanus as sequel of suppurative otitis media (SOM). Primary immunization of all eligible children as well as booster vaccination at appropriate time as an effective management strategy for tetanus is emphasized. Key words: cephalic tetanus, infant, SOM.

Biography :

Chiranji Lal Meena was Born on May 6th- 1993 in small village of districts jhunjhunu, he was completed his MBBS Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Know is currently working in MD Pediatrics medicine from SMS Medical College Jaipur. He was published two articles 1. Diagnostic accuracy of cord blood Procalcitonin in comparison of neonatal sepsis 2. To evaluate cardiac biomarkers and ecg changes in assessing cardiac dysfunction in children with acute severe bronchial asthma