Other consequences such as tetanus infections, gangrene and blood poisoning can be fatal.

He could recall the screams of his sister during the rite and her suffering afterward, when she developed a tetanus infection.

He himself married a woman who had never been mutilated because her own sister had died of a tetanus infection after the ritual.

As a result, older adults account for some 70 percent of the reported cases of tetanus infections.

Naturally-acquired tetanus infections thus do not usually provide immunity to subsequent infections.

In order to survive a tetanus infection, the maintenance of an airway and proper nutrition are required.

He broke his arm in a game on 3 November 1923, and died eight days later from a subsequent tetanus infection.

Not long after moving, Frances died from a tetanus infection after cutting her finger on an oyster shell.

Wounds with these weapons caused tetanus infection.

An older sister, Tina, died at the age of 12 from an improperly treated tetanus infection.