Neonatal tetanus in St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor: A case report

Abstract

Abstract Umbilical stump sepsis in a nonpassively immunized neonate poses a high risk to neonatal tetanus. Management of neonatal tetanus is still a great challenge in resource‐limited settings where some health facilities lack tetanus toxoid containing vaccines, ventilator support, and inaccessibility of tetanus immunoglobulin.

Keywords

• neonatal tetanus
• resource‐limited settings
• tetanus immunoglobulin
• tetanus toxoid