TETANUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN PROBABLY PRECIPITATED PLEURAL EFFUSION IN A HIV PATIENT

Abstract

A case report is about the development of tetanus in a HIV+ patient, who is immunized with tetanus toxoid. Later on patient developed pleural effusion. The role of tetanus immunoglobulin in precipitating pleural effusion has been doubted.

Keywords

• Tetanus
• Pleural Effusion
• HIV
• ART