Nineteen-year-old Joe Heck in his Selden home with his mother, Elena, a nurse practitioner, on March 20. He needs a walker to ...

Use the growth medium to grow new copies of the Clostridium tetani bacteria. With a toxoid vaccine, the goal is to condition the immune system to combat not an invading virus or bacteria but ...

Keep an eye out for visible streaks on the skin, fever, or chills. Tetanus is caused by Clostridium tetani, another risky bacteria. It can cause tightness of the jaw, stiff muscles, and fever.

Tetanus occurs due to the bacteria called Clostridium tetani, which is present in the environment such as manure, dust, and soil. A person can contract tetanus when the bacteria enters the body ...

Tetanus is an infection caused by a bacterium called Clostridium tetani, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dogs can also be infected by the bacteria that causes ...