tetanus:
Definition: Acute organ disease caused by toxin (Tetanus) bacteria.
- Methods of infection:
The infection is transmitted from the soil when contaminated with the tetanus present in animal flea. Tetanus occurs in the newly born child when the cord is cut with machinery contaminated with the microbial or the umbilical cord is placed on the wound. Tetanus produced after the birth is due to contamination of wounds with soil contaminated with fecal waste of some animals.
Definition: Acute organ disease caused by toxin (Tetanus) bacteria.
- Methods of infection:
The infection is transmitted from the soil when contaminated with the tetanus present in animal flea. Tetanus occurs in the newly born child when the cord is cut with machinery contaminated with the microbial or the umbilical cord is placed on the wound. Tetanus produced after the birth is due to contamination of wounds with soil contaminated with fecal waste of some animals.
