Tetanus in patients with chronic wounds - are we aware?

International Wound Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-99

  Farnworth, Elizabeth ^a   Roberts, Awen ^a   Rangaraj, Aravindan ^a   Minhas, Uzma ^a   Holloway, Samantha ^a   Harding, Keith ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic wounds; DTP3; Immunisation; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHRONIC WOUND; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TETANUS; TREATMENT DURATION; VACCINATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TETANUS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855567807     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2011.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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