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Trends in neonatal and post-neonatal tetanus admissions at a Nigerian teaching hospital
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2012 Introduction: Tetanus accounts for high morbidity and case fatality rates in developing countries. This study therefore aimed to identify reasons for the persistence of this disease.
Olusola Adetunji Oyedeji +4 more
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Jornal de Pediatria, 2000 OBJECTIVE: Neonatal tetanus is an infection with high mortality, constituting a problem in underdeveloped countries, where there is faulty prenatal attendance. In spite of this and of the decreasing incidence of the disease in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, we report a case of neonatal tetanus identified in 1997. METHOD: We interviewed the infantacute;
A, Guardiola +6 more
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Risk factors of neonatal tetanus in Wenzhou, China: a case-control study
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2015 Introduction: Neonatal tetanus is a major cause of neonatal mortality in many developing countries and remains a major public health problem. This study aimed to determine risk factors associated with neonatal tetanus in Wenzhou, China.
Zu-Mu Zhou +6 more
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Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2013 Maternal or neonatal tetanus causes deaths primarily in Asia and Africa and is usually the result of poor hygiene during delivery. In 2011, three neonatal tetanus cases were investigated in Papua New Guinea, and all three cases were delivered at home by ...
Siddharta Sankar Datta +6 more
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Epidemiological trends of tetanus from East Delhi, India: A hospital-based study
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2014 Objective: To study the demographic profile, prognostic indicators, and mortality of tetanus patients and treatment outcomes following intramuscular anti-tetanus immunoglobulin (ATG) alone or combined intrathecal and intramuscular ATG.
Manish Narang +3 more
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Neonatal Tetanus After Home Delivery: Report of One Case
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2010 Neonatal tetanus is a rare disease in developed countries, but remains common in developing countries. Pregnant women immigrating to Taiwan from developing countries may carry a risk of neonatal tetanus to the child, because of inadequate tetanus toxoid ...
Shou-Chih Chang, Chun-Lung Wang
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Neonatal tetanus in Turkey; what has changed in the last decade?
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2008 Background Neonatal tetanus (NT) is still considered as one of the major causes of neonatal death in many developing countries. The aim of the present study was to assess the characteristics of sixty-seven infants with the diagnosis of neonatal tetanus ...
Kocamaz Halil +7 more
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Prevalence and outcome of neonatal tetanus in Zaria, Northwestern Nigeria
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011 Introduction: Neonatal tetanus is a highly debilitating disease with high mortality. Global efforts at eliminating the disease in developing countries are yielding results but slower than expected.
Richard Onalo +2 more
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Paediatrica Indonesiana, 2017 Analysis of 108 cases of Neonatal Tetanus by using a scoring system (Tjandra et al., 1974) revealed that 18 patients belonged to Grade I with a mortality rate of 5.6%; 43 belonged to Grade II with a mortality nate of 58.1%; and 47 belonged to Grade III with 91.5% mortality. The differences of mortality between the 3 groups are statistically significant.
H. Tjandra, M. Munir
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BMC Public Health, 2011 Background Annually over 520,000 newborns die from neonatal sepsis, and 60,000 more from tetanus. Estimates of the effect of clean birth and postnatal care practices are required for evidence-based program planning.
Blencowe Hannah +7 more
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