Neonatal tetanus in Lomé-Tokoin University Teaching Hospital. Apropos of 145 cases

The authors report on series of 145 cases of neonatal tetanus observed in the infectious disease ward of the University Teaching Hospital in Lomé from 1980-1988. The point of entry of infection was in all cases the umbilical cord. Neonatal tetanus is endemic in Togo with a high mortality rate of 71.03% in this series. The prevention of neonatal tetanus still poses a number of problems.