Table 1.

Description of Pediatric Patients With Tetanus Admitted to Penn State Children’s Hospital (2005–2015)

Characteristic	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5	Median (range)
Age (years)	3	7	11	9	7	8 (3–11)
Sex	Female	Male	Male	Female	Female	NA
County of residence	Lancaster	Lancaster	Lancaster	Lancaster	Lebanon	NA
Year of admission	2005	2007	2008	2013	2014	NA
Inoculation site	Foot laceration	Hand laceration	Knee laceration	Foot splinter	Foot laceration	NA
Presenting symptoms	Fever, abdominal distention, and back pain	Trismus, jaw pain, and neck, back, and leg stiffness	Trismus, pain, and discharge from wound	Trismus and dysphagia	Trismus, sore throat, and body stiffness	NA
Incubation period (days)a	Unknown	5	7	6	11	6.5
Hospital length of stay (days)	10	10	22	7	17	10 (7–22)

Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.

^aNumber of days between soft-tissue injury and onset of presenting symptoms.