The meaning of TETANOSPASMIN is a crystalline unstable neurotoxin produced by the tetanus bacillus and held to be the cause of the tetanic convulsions of tetanus —called also tetanus toxin.
The objectives of management of tetanus are to provide supportive care until the tetanospasmin that is fixed in tissue has been metabolized, to neutralize circulating toxin, and to remove the source of tetanospasmin. This disease, which is frequently fatal, is prevented by immunization.Wounds & ...