[Tungiasis and tetanus at the University Hospital Center in Brazzaville].
Just like other tropical countries, Congo is not free from Tetanus. Over a period of 11 months the authors treated 44 cases where tetanus entered by various means. The removal of a chick-flea (Tunga penetrans) leaves a hole through which the tetanus spore can penetrate: this accounted for 25% of the cases (11 cases). In the group under observation, no death attributable to tetanus occurred.
Obengui
Service d'Infectiologie, C.H.U. de Brazzaville, Congo.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003223:Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular / Q000009:adverse effects; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D005423:Siphonaptera; D013171:Spores, Bacterial; D013742:Tetanus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality
La tungose et le tétanos au C.H.U. de Brazzaville.