Animal bites and tetanus prophylaxis

摘要

Dear Editor,In a recent article,Babazadehet al.investigated the cost of postexposure rabies prophylaxis which is a signifant issue on the epidemiology of acute animal bites(1)However,I have some comments regarding to this article.Animal bites are often dirty wounds.So,every patient suffered from an animal bite should be evaluated for the necessity of tetanus prophylaxis,which is also an important subpart of postexposure rabies prophylaxis[2].So,the cost of tetanus prophylaxis also increases the economic burden.Information on how many patients received tetanus prophylaxis and the financial burden of this will bring a more comprehensive view.