[Diagnostic image (320). A new mother with opisthotonus and extensor spasms].
A 21-year-old woman was admitted to a rural hospital in Tanzania after a home delivery one week before. She had signs of general body rigidity due to maternal tetanus.
Jongen
V H W M
VH
Zorgcombinatie Noorderboog, locatie Diaconessenhuis Meppel, Afd. Obstetrie en Gynaecologie, Postbus 502, 7940 AM Meppel. jongvuur@hetnet.nl
van Roosmalen
J
J
D000328:Adult; D003017:Clostridium tetani / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D013742:Tetanus / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*