tetanus

A primary bacterial infectious disease that results in prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers, has_material_basis_in Clostridium tetani, which produces tetanospasmin, a neurotoxin, which is carried to the brain and spinal cord, where it binds irrevers

A primary bacterial infectious disease that results in prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers, has_material_basis_in Clostridium tetani, which produces tetanospasmin, a neurotoxin, which is carried to the brain and spinal cord, where it binds irreversibly to receptors inhibiting neurotransmission. Damaged upper motor neurons cannot control reflex responses to afferent sensory stimuli.

Medications that may treat it

chlorpromazine cyclobenzaprine methocarbamol penicillin G penicillin V tetanus immune globulin tetanus toxoid vaccine, inactivated

Also known as: Infection due to Clostridium tetani; clostridial tetanus