Tetanus: treatment

Evidence-based neurology checklist on tetanus: treatment: Main antibiotics Metronidazole with Penicillin Penicillin may cause hyperexcitability and seizures in high doses Alternative antibiotics Treatment of spasms Other treatments Treatment of complications

Main antibiotics

  • Metronidazole with Penicillin
  • Penicillin may cause hyperexcitability and seizures in high doses

Alternative antibiotics

Treatment of spasms

Other treatments

Treatment of complications

References

  1. Goonetilleke A, Harris JB. Clostridial neurotoxins. JNNP 2004; 75(Suppl III):iii35-iii39.
  2. Doshi A, Warrell C, Dahdaleh D, Kullman D. Just a graze? Cephalic tetanus presenting as a stroke mimic. Pract Neurol 2014; 14:39-41.
  3. Farrar JJ, Yen LM, Cook T, et al. Tetanus. JNNP 2000; 69:292-301.
  4. Kaji S, Shibayama H, Sato S, Fukutake T. Acute camptocormia as the presenting symptom of tetanus. JNNP 2014; 85:936-937.

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