Short reports: Cause of death in tetanus Neonatorum: Study of 233 cases with 54 necropsies

Abstract

Tetanus with its high incidence and mortality is one of the greatest public health problems in most developing countries (Veronesi, 1967). The aim of this prospective study was to study hypothermia and bronchopneumonia, with the common complications of tetanus neonatorum, and also the cause of death.