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POSTABORTAL AND POSTPARTUM TETANUS
Author(s) -
Adadevoh B. Kwaku,
Akinla Oladele
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1970.tb03450.x
Subject(s) - tetanus , abortion , medicine , obstetrics , pregnancy , neonatal tetanus , gynecology , biology , vaccination , immunology , genetics
Summary A report is presented of 27 cases of postabortal and postpartum tetanus seen at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital between 1963 and 1967. Twenty‐two of them were associated with abortion and carried a mortality of 50 per cent while one out of 5 postpartum cases died. Uterine tetanus appears to be more severe than other forms and carries a distinctly higher mortality. A reason for this is suggested.