Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:

The NewsShare newsletter of Mar/April 2002 has an excellent review article, Shark Attacks, by Dr. Paul Auerbach. But in view of ISTM’s important role in immunization information, an error in this article is worth correcting. On page three, it says, “tetanus toxoid 0.5 mL IM and tetanus immune globulin must be given.” I wouldn’t quibble what with all the shortages now about using diphtheria tetanus, but the use of tetanus immune globulin is necessary only in those individuals who have not had a series of tetanus toxoid injections. It is a rare patient in the US that has not had this immunization.

Keep up the excellent articles and news.

John A. Knowles, MD