Medical Dictionary: Tetanus neonatorum

Tetanus neonatorum: Another name for neonatal tetanus
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Tetanus neonatorum: Another name for Neonatal tetanus.
Tetanus neonatorum (condition): Tetanus caught by baby from infected mother.
Tetanus neonatorum (condition): Neonatal tetatnus or "tetatnus neonatorum" is a tetanus infection of the newborn baby. The infection is usually caught from another infected person (e.g. unvaccinated mother) and enters the body through a wound such as the umbilical stump or the circumcised region.

More information on medical condition: Neonatal tetanus:

• Introduction: Neonatal tetanus
• Basic Summary for Neonatal tetanus
• Prevention of Neonatal tetanus

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