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    PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF TETANUS

    Clostridium tetani

    Enter damaged
    tissue

    Production of toxins

    TETANOSPASMIN TETANOLYSIN

    Peripheral nerves/
    bloodstream

    CNS

    Binds irreversely
    to receptor sites

    Production of
    Blocks neurotransmission
    symptoms

    Loss of control of Disinhibition of


    adrenal autonomic neurons
    catecholamine

    Autonomic instability Hypersympathetic


    state

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