What is Neonatal tetanus?

What is Neonatal tetanus?

Neonatal tetatnus or "tetatnus neonatorum" is a tetanus infection of the newborn baby. The infection is ...more »

• Neonatal tetanus: Muscle tetanus of the very young infant.

Neonatal tetanus: Introduction

Types of Neonatal tetanus:

Broader types of Neonatal tetanus:

• Tetanus
• Bacterial diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Infant health conditions
• more types...»

What causes Neonatal tetanus?

Causes of Neonatal tetanus: see causes of Neonatal tetanus
Cause of Neonatal tetanus: Usually caught from mother or relative and infected via a lack of umbilical cord hygiene or circumcision hygiene.

What are the symptoms of Neonatal tetanus?

Symptoms of Neonatal tetanus: see symptoms of Neonatal tetanus

Can anyone else get Neonatal tetanus?

More information: see contagiousness of Neonatal tetanus
Inheritance: see inheritance of Neonatal tetanus

Neonatal tetanus: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Neonatal tetanus.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Neonatal tetanus.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Neonatal tetanus: Infectious Disease Specialist, Neonatologist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Neonatal tetanus.
Treatments for Neonatal tetanus: see treatments for Neonatal tetanus
Prevention of Neonatal tetanus: see prevention of Neonatal tetanus
Research for Neonatal tetanus: see research for Neonatal tetanus

Name and Aliases of Neonatal tetanus

Main name of condition: Neonatal tetanus

Class of Condition for Neonatal tetanus: bacterial

Tetanus Neonatorum

Neonatal tetanus: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Neonatal tetanus:

• Lockjaw
• Nuchal rigidity
• Dysphagia
• Risus sardonicus
• Clostridium tetani
• C tetani
• Tetanus neonatorum
• Trismus nascentium
• Umbilical sepsis
• Generalized tetanus
• Local tetanus
• Cephalic tetanus
• Neonatal tetanus
• Tetanolysin
• Tetanospasmin

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