Author(s)

E. Moyen^1,2*, J. Kambourou^1,2, A. R. Okoko^1,2, G. Ekouya-Bowassa^1,2, C. Mboutol Mandavo¹, V. Bomelefa-Bomel², L. Lamah², N. S. Pandzou², G. Moyen^1,2, J. L. Nkoua¹

¹Faculty of Health Sciences, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Congo.
²Pediatric Intensive Cares Unit, Brazzaville Teaching Hospital, Brazzaville, Congo.

Tetanus has become rare even exceptional in the West. On the contrary, it is common in developing countries such as Congo because of low immunization coverage. Its diagnosis, which is essentially clinical, is easy but necessitates a fine semeiological analysis under certain circumstances. We are reporting here a case of tetanus involving an 8-year-old unvaccinated, indigenous aboriginal boy that was caused by the extraction of a Tunga penetrans. The symptomatology of abdominal contractures led to an exploratory laparotomy. The evolution was favorable.

Tetanus, Children, Extraction, Tunga penetrans, Brazzaville

Moyen, E. , Kambourou, J. , Okoko, A. , Ekouya-Bowassa, G. , Mandavo, C. , Bomelefa-Bomel, V. , Lamah, L. , Pandzou, N. , Moyen, G. and Nkoua, J. (2017) Tetanus of the Child after Extraction of Tunga penetrans in Brazzaville: One Case. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 7, 294-299. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2017.74034.