J 2017

Tetanus in adults: results of the multicenter ID-IRI study

TOSUN, S., A. BATIREL, A.I. OLUK, F. AKSOY, E. PUCA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Tetanus in adults: results of the multicenter ID-IRI study

Authors

TOSUN, S. (792 Turkey), A. BATIREL (792 Turkey), A.I. OLUK (792 Turkey), F. AKSOY (792 Turkey), E. PUCA (8 Albania), F. BENEZIT (250 France), S. URAL (792 Turkey), S. NAYMAN-ALPAT (792 Turkey), T. YAMAZHAN (792 Turkey), V. KOKSALDI-MOTOR (792 Turkey), R. TEKIN (792 Turkey), E. PARLAK (792 Turkey), P. TATTEVIN (250 France), K. KART-YASAR (792 Turkey), R. GUNER (792 Turkey), A. BASTUG (792 Turkey), M. MERIC-KOC (792 Turkey), S. ONCU (792 Turkey), A. SAGMAK-TARTAR (792 Turkey), A. DENK (792 Turkey), F. PEHLIVANOGLU (792 Turkey), G. SENGOZ (792 Turkey), S.M. SORENSEN (208 Denmark), G. CELEBI (792 Turkey), Lenka FAŠANEKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), H. GEDIK (792 Turkey), S. DIRGEN-CAYLAK (792 Turkey), A. ESMAOGLU (792 Turkey), S. EROL (792 Turkey), Y. CAG (792 Turkey), E. KARAGOZ (792 Turkey), A. INAN (792 Turkey) and H. ERDEM (792 Turkey)

Edition

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES, NEW YORK, SPRINGER, 2017, 0934-9723

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30303 Infectious Diseases

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.537

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/17:00097325

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

UT WoS

000406290100014

Keywords in English

tetanus

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 7/3/2018 16:15, Soňa Böhmová

Abstract

V originále

Tetanus is an acute, severe infection caused by a neurotoxin secreting bacterium. Various prognostic factors affecting mortality in tetanus patients have been described in the literature. In this study, we aimed to analyze the factors affecting mortality in hospitalized tetanus patients in a large case series. This retrospective multicenter study pooled data of tetanus patients from 25 medical centers. The hospitals participating in this study were the collaborating centers of the Infectious Diseases International Research Initiative (ID-IRI). Only adult patients over the age of 15 years with tetanus were included. The diagnosis of tetanus was made by the clinicians at the participant centers. Izmir Bozyaka Education and Research Hospital's Review Board approved the study. Prognostic factors were analyzed by using the multivariate regression analysis method. In this study, 117 adult patients with tetanus were included. Of these, 79 (67.5%) patients survived and 38 (32.5%) patients died. Most of the deaths were observed in patients >60 years of age (60.5%). Generalized type of tetanus, presence of pain at the wound area, presence of generalized spasms, leukocytosis, high alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) values on admission, and the use of equine immunoglobulins in the treatment were found to be statistically associated with mortality (p < 0.05 for all). Here, we describe the prognostic factors for mortality in tetanus. Immunization seems to be the most critical point, considering the advanced age of our patients. A combination of laboratory and clinical parameters indicates mortality. Moreover, human immunoglobulins should be preferred over equine sera to increase survival.