Clinical evaluation and late sequelae of tetanus in adult and children

This study included 27 adult patients with tetanus admitted in King Faisal Hospital, Makkah, and 13 children with tetanus [2 of them with tetanus neonatorum] admitted in Maternity and Obstetric Hospital. In both age groups males were affected more than females. Trismus and abdominal pain were the most common presentation but severity of the disease was more common among children and the mortality rate was higher in children group [23.07% in children, 7.4% in adults]. Loss of libido in adult and mental retardation in the children were the commonest late sequelae and no significant changes were observed in the EEG after one year