The Indonesian household survey in 1986 has shown that neonatal tetanus is one of the main causes of infant mortality, besides diarrhea and upper respiratory tract infection. Immunization against tetanus in pregnant women has managed to significantly reduce the morbidity, nevertheless in developing countries, the mortality from tetanus is still high, around 80-90 percent. The management of case…
During a 3.5 year period (January 1991 - June 1994), 26 patients with tetanus neonatorum were hospitalized for this study. The patients were treated with ATS injection, metronidazole and amoxycillin orally, diazepam suppositorialy and pyridoxin injection using dosage of 100 mg on the first day followed by 25 mg orally on the next days. The result is good as shown by the decreased mortality of 3…