[Neonatal tetanus in Lomé-Tokoin University Teaching Hospital. Apropos of 145 cases]. / Tétanos néonatal au CHU de Lomé-Tokoin. A propos de 145 cas.

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.