title: [Neonatal tetanus in Lomé-Tokoin University Teaching Hospital. Apropos of 145 cases].
abstract: The authors report on series of 145 cases of neonatal tetanus observed in the infectious disease ward of the University Teaching Hospital in Lomé from 1980-1988. The point of entry of infection was in all cases the umbilical cord. Neonatal tetanus is endemic in Togo with a high mortality rate of 71.03% in this series. The prevention of neonatal tetanus still poses a number of problems.
authors.affiliation: CHU Lomé-Tokoin.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grunitzky-Békélé
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Apetoh
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tidjani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Adotevi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amedome
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013742:Tetanus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D014037:Togo / Q000453:epidemiology; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Tétanos néonatal au CHU de Lomé-Tokoin. A propos de 145 cas.