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. 2020 Mar 15;2020:8508547. doi: 10.1155/2020/8508547

Table 2.

Clinical features.

Variable Number of patients Percentages
Portals of entry
 Acute injury (prick, puncture, laceration, etc.) 72 75.79%
 Injected drugs 3 3.16%
 Unclean delivery 6 6.32%
 Others 5 5.26%
 Unknown 9 9.47%
Clinical classification
 Generalized 83 87.37%
 Localized 4 4.21%
 Cephalic 2 2.11%
 Neonatal 6 6.32%
Severity of tetanus
 Mild 26 27.37%
 Moderate 21 22.11%
 Severe 40 42.11%
 Very severe 8 8.42%
95 100.00%

Others included medical interventions, animal bites, and electrical injuries.