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Congenital Syphilis—An Illustrative Review

Children, 2023
Congenital syphilis is caused by the spirochete, Treponema pallidum, which can be transmitted from an infected mother to her fetus during pregnancy or by contact with a maternal lesion at the time of delivery.
Deepika Sankaran, Elizabeth Partridge, Satyan Lakshminrusimha   +2 more
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Congenital syphilis as the cause of multiple bone fractures in a young infant case report

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background The differential diagnosis of multiple unexplained bone fractures in a young infant usually includes child abuse or bone disease such as osteogenesis imperfecta.
Maria Koliou, Elpida Chatzicharalampous, Myria Charalambous, Kyriakos Aristeidou   +3 more
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Gaps in the congenital syphilis prevention cascade: qualitative findings from Kern County, California

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Congenital syphilis is preventable through timely access to prenatal care, syphilis screening and treatment of pregnant women diagnosed as infected.
Eunhee Park, Julie Yip, Emily Harville, Marlene Nelson, Gloria Giarratano, Pierre Buekens, Jennifer Wagman   +6 more
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A qualitative assessment of structural barriers to prenatal care and congenital syphilis prevention in Kern County, California.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Congenital syphilis is the result of placental transmission from mother to fetus of Treponema pallidum. Although congenital syphilis is preventable through timely treatment, the rate of new infections in the United States (US) has increased each year ...
Elaine Y L Chan, Carolyn Smullin, Stephanie Clavijo, Melissa Papp-Green, Eunhee Park, Marlene Nelson, Gloria Giarratano, Jennifer A Wagman   +7 more
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Complications, clinical manifestations of congenital syphilis, and aspects related to its prevention: an integrative review

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021
Objectives: to identify the scientific evidence about the clinical complications and manifestations of congenital syphilis and aspects related to its prevention. Methods: integrative review after a search in the databases LILACS and MEDLINE, carried out
Ana Fátima Braga Rocha, Maria Alix Leite Araújo, Valéria Lima de Barros, Camila Félix Américo, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Júnior   +4 more
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Syphilis Complicating Pregnancy and Congenital Syphilis

New England Journal of Medicine
(Abstracted from N Engl J Med 2024;390:242–253) Passage of the bacteria Treponema pallidum through the placenta is a known cause of congenital syphilis and continues to represent a global disease burden. Since 2001, rates of syphilis have increased in individuals of reproductive age and in infants, with rates reaching their highest in nearly ...
Irene A. Stafford, Kimberly A. Workowski, Laura H. Bachmann   +2 more
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Congenital Syphilis: A Re-Emerging but Preventable Infection

Pathogens
Congenital syphilis presents a significant global burden, contributing to fetal loss, stillbirth, neonatal mortality, and congenital infection. Despite the target established in 2007 by the World Health Organization (WHO) of fewer than 50 cases per 100 ...
Serena Salomè, Maria Donata Cambriglia, Giovanna Montesano, Letizia Capasso, Francesco Raimondi   +4 more
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Congenital syphilis in East Baton Rouge parish, Louisiana: providers’ and women’s perspectives

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Congenital syphilis is completely preventable through screening and treatment, but rates have been rising in the United States. Certain areas are at particularly high risk. We aimed to assess attitudes, knowledge, and barriers around effective
Emily W. Harville, Gloria P. Giarratano, Pierre Buekens, Eurydice Lang, Jennifer Wagman   +4 more
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Is Congenital Syphilis Really Congenital Syphilis? [PDF]

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2006
Detroit has recently been distinguished as having the highest congenital syphilis rate in the United States (250.3 cases per 100 000 live births in Detroit versus 10.3 in the US). However, depending on each health department′s followup and CDC reporting, these data may not accurately reflect the true congenital syphilis rate.
Yi Li, Bernard Gonik
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Congenital syphilis [PDF]

Orvosi Hetilap, 2010
A syphilis az elmúlt évtizedekben ismét egyre gyakrabban diagnosztizált betegség. Előretörésével számítanunk kell a congenitalis syphilis megjelenésére is. Syphilis állhat spontán, illetve habituális vetélés, halvaszülés hátterében. Az intrauterin élet során szerzett syphilisszel világra jövő újszülöttek gyakran tünetmentesek, és a fertőzés által ...
Tabák, Réka, Tabák, Ádám, Várkonyi, Viktória   +2 more
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