Tetanus immunisation in geriatric patients with accidental wounds: How much is needed?

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 133, Issue 15-16, 2003, Pages 227-232

  Hüllstrung, Hans Dieter ^a,b   Mäusezahl, Daniel ^c   Feuz, Miljam ^d   Herzog, Christian ^e   Conzelmann, Martin ^a   Zimmerli, Werner ^b  

^a Felix Platter Spital   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Liestal   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^e Berna Biotech AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antitoxin titre; Tetanus immunisation; Tetanus toxoid booster; Wound

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; DITEANATOXAL BERNA; TETANUS TOXOID;

ACCIDENTAL WOUND; ACCURACY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; SELF REPORT; SEROPREVALENCE; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; WOUND;

EID: 0038274575     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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