Citation

Ibraheem WA, Ibraheem AB, Ibraheem AK. Pan. Afr. Med. J. 2014; 17: 311.

Affiliation

Department of Ophthalmology, Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, African Field Epidemiology Network)

DOI

10.11604/pamj.2014.17.311.3964

PMID

25328607

PMCID

PMC4198319

Abstract

A case of traumatic blepharectomy secondary to a rat bite in a 13 day old neonate. Infants should not be kept in an isolated place in a rat endemic area. This case suggests an existence of a relationship between poverty and rat bite.

Language: en