Neonatal tetanus in the United States : a sentinel event in the foreign-born

Neonatal tetanus occurred in a 7-day-old infant born to Mexican immigrant parents in Tennessee in February, 1995. This was the first patient with neonatal tetanus reported in the United States since 1989. We interviewed the infant's mother and physicians and reviewed the medical record. We cond...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 1997-10, Vol.16 (10), p.955-959
Hauptverfasser:	CRAIG, A. S, REED, G. W, MOHON, R. T, QUICK, M. L, SWARNER, O. W, MOORE, W. L, SCHAFFNER, W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis Biological and medical sciences Clostridium tetani Emigration and Immigration Human bacterial diseases Humans Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases Medical sciences Tetanus - epidemiology Tetanus - therapy United States - epidemiology Vaccination
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