Letter to the Editor
A Case of Clinical Tetanus in a Patient with Protective Antitetanus Antibody Level
Abstract
To the Editor:
Human tetanus is rare in the United States, with about 40 cases reported each year.1 We report a case of generalized tetanus in a patient with a generally accepted “protective level” of tetanus antibody (0.01 antitoxin units per milliliter (U/mL),2 and to stress the fact that tetanus remains a clinical diagnosis.
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