VMD-0101
QUESTION
Read the following statements:
(a) During treatment of tetanus, the administration of tetanus antitoxin becomes ineffective after 48 hrs.
(b) Tetanus toxin produced by clostridium tetani are transmitted to brain by peripheral nerves.
OPTIONS
(A) Both the statements are correct
(B) Both the statements are false
(C) First statement are correct not the second
(D) First statement is false and second is correct
ANSWER
(A) Both the statements are correct
EXPLANATION
Both statements describe accepted features of tetanus management and pathogenesis in the context of this question: antitoxin is most useful early before toxin becomes fixed to nervous tissue, and tetanospasmin travels from peripheral nerves toward the central nervous system. Therefore the option stating that both are correct is appropriate.
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