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Final Abstract Number: 77.001
Session: Gram-positives & Miscellaneous Pathogens
Date: Friday, March 12, 2010
Time: 12:30-13:30
Room: Poster & Exhibition Area/Ground Level
Type: Poster Presentation
Assessment of prognosis of tetanus and its related factors among Albanian adults
A. Pilaca 1 , A. Ndreu 2 , G. Byrazeri 2 , K. Shytaj 2
1 University Hospital Centre "Mother Theresa", Tirana, Albania, 2 Tirana, Albania
Background: Tetanus diagnosis is mainly a clinical one. Identification of prognostic factors is
very important to institute effective and prompt treatment of this disease. The aim of this strudy is
to assess the associated factors with prognosis of tetanus among the adult population of Albania.
Methods: All reported cases of tetanus (N=64) hospitalized in the regional hospitals of Tirana
(the Albanian capital), Shkodra (main district in north Albania) and Korca (one of the main districts
in Southeast Albania) for the period 1984-2004. Four patients were excluded from the analysis
due to missing information on prognosis. Data on prognosis-related factors included age, sex,
incubation period, onset period, as well as location and type of wounds. Multivariable-adjusted
binary logistic regression was used to asses the independent association of prognosis (survival
vs. death) with covariates.
Results: The overall case-fatality rate was 38.6%. It was higher among older individuals
(P