TETANUS OF THE NEWBORN INFANT
Keyword(s):
Tetanus in the newborn infant is still a most important public health problem in Brazil. An analysis of 238 cases, admitted in a two-year period to the pediatric service of the University Hospital in Sao Paulo, is presented. It is suggested that prognosis is related more closely to amount of tetanospasmin produced and absorbed by the central nervous system than to some of the more traditional indices of clinical severity. The plan of treatment in use is presented, since the over-all recovery rate compares very favorably with other published reports.
2012 ◽
Vol 22
(3)
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pp. 422-424
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2018 ◽
Vol 73
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pp. 316-317
2017 ◽
Vol 4
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pp. 4532