[Management of maternal tetanus contracted by an obstetric procedure].

ABSTRACT

A 34-year-old woman from the Philippines showed difficulty in opening the mouth. She had no wounds in the last one mouth, but was treated with an obstetric procedure after stillbirth 16 days before in the Philippines. She showed trismus, rigidity and muscle pain, but no muscle spasms, dyspnea and autonomic dysfunction. In this case, it is supposed that the obstetric procedure is the origin of the injury. In Japan, this is the first report of maternal tetanus.