A young girl who has never been immunized to tetanus stepped on a rusty nail and got a deep puncture wound. The doctor cleaned out the wound and gave the child an injection of tetanus antitoxin. Complete the passage to explain why antitoxin was used instead of the tetanus vaccine, and what will happen if the girl steps on a rusty nail again 3 years later. The antitoxin was given to any toxin that might be produced if Clostridium tetani infected the wound. The antitoxin was necessary because the girl had not been previously immunized and, therefore, did not have circulating to tetanus toxin or specific for tetanus toxin. Because of the treatment with antitoxin, the girl would not develop immunity to tetanus as a result of the first injury. Therefore, after the second injury 3 years later, she will require another dose of antitoxin. To develop vaccinated with tetanus she should be

A young girl who has never been immunized to tetanus stepped on a rusty nail and got a deep puncture wound. The doctor cleaned out the wound and gave the child an injection of tetanus antitoxin. Complete the passage to explain why antitoxin was used instead of the tetanus vaccine, and what will happen if the girl steps on a rusty nail again 3 years later. The antitoxin was given to any toxin that might be produced if Clostridium tetani infected the wound. The antitoxin was necessary because the girl had not been previously immunized and, therefore, did not have circulating to tetanus toxin or specific for tetanus toxin. Because of the treatment with antitoxin, the girl would not develop immunity to tetanus as a result of the first injury. Therefore, after the second injury 3 years later, she will require another dose of antitoxin. To develop vaccinated with tetanus she should be

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