Conditions

Tetanus

Bacterial Disease

Citation Formats

General Reference

Medicine Atlas. "Tetanus." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-medicine.interactiveatlas.org/conditions/tetanus.

APA Style

Medicine Atlas. (n.d.). Tetanus. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-medicine.interactiveatlas.org/conditions/tetanus

BibTeX

@misc{medicineatlas-tetanus,
  author = {Medicine Atlas},
  title = {Tetanus},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-medicine.interactiveatlas.org/conditions/tetanus},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is a bacterial infection caused by Clostridium tetani and characterized by muscle spasms. In the most common type, the spasms begin in the jaw and then progress to the rest of the body.

Facts

Condition Class

infectious, bacterial, neurological 1

Causative Agent

Clostridium tetani 1

Cross-Tradition Connections