Neugeborenen- und Kindermedizin

Abstrakt

Neonatal Tetanus in Gabon: About 2 Cases

Julienne Isabelle Minko, Eliane Kuissi Kamgaing, Minto’o Rogombé Steeve, Jean Koko and Simon Jonas Ategbo

Background: Poor information about neonatal tetanus cases are assembled in Gabon.
Aim: To recall practitioner about the existing danger of neonatal tetanus despite efforts made by immunization in the country and worldwide.
Observations: We write about two observations in two teaching hospitals at the same period. One treated, and the other lethal. We assess their cases with the commonly used scale in Africa: Dakar Classification.
Conclusion: Despite the worldwide actions against neonatal tetanus, cases appear, and we must screen the mothers with exposure factors.