Tetanus Pathogenesis and Pathogenicity

6-14 days

Persistent tonic muscular spasms at the site of penetration of the causative agent

Jaw muscles (trismus), face muscles (risus sardonicus), and extremities

<p>The patient lies in bed, resting on his head and hips with body bent forward like an arch (opistotonus)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>35-70%</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Healthy people and animals discharging the organism in their faeces into the soil</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tetanospasmin, Tetanolysin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Functional blockator, neurotoxin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It can't be absorbed by the gastrointestinal mucous membrane</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Via the peripheral nerves (it moves along the axial nerve cylinders)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gangliosides of the grey matter</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Uncontrolled spread of impulses initiated anywhere in the central nervous system</p> Signup and view all the answers