title: Perceptive bilateral deafness following clinical tetanus to a neonate.
abstract: A rare case of bilateral perceptive deafness following clinical tetanus is reported. The patient was a 15-day-old neonate. The clinical tetanus was treated with tetanus antitoxin (human gamma globulins) and penicillin. The exact mechanism of auditory nerve damage associated clinical tetanus and treatment with human tetanus antitoxin and penicillin is still not clearly known. We believe that the damage of the hearing organ can be attributed to the tetanus toxin and not to the human gamma globulins (tetanus antitoxin).
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skevas
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kastanioudakis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Exarchakos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Assimakopoulos
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D002648:Child; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013742:Tetanus / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D013743:Tetanus Antitoxin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013743:Tetanus Antitoxin