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Maternal-to-Fetal Transmission of Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis.

NeoReviews, 2021
Between 2012 and 2018, rates of congenital syphilis increased by 291% in the United States. In 2018, the rate of congenital syphilis was the highest it has been since 1995.
M. Easterlin   +2 more
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A New Call to Action to Combat an Old Nemesis: Addressing Rising Congenital Syphilis Rates in the United States.

Journal of Women's Health, 2021
Congenital syphilis (CS) is on the rise in the United States and is a growing public health concern. CS is an infection with Treponema pallidum in an infant or fetus, acquired via transplacental transmission when a pregnant woman has untreated or ...
A. Machefsky   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Congenital Syphilis Revisited

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1985
Despite decades of experience with congenital syphilis, problems still arise in case definition, diagnostic evaluation, treatment, and follow-up. We reviewed all 50 cases of early congenital syphilis reported to the State of Texas in 1982. A large proportion of the infants were premature (39%), of low birth weight (38%), and symptomatic at birth (62%).
Willard Cates   +4 more
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Congenital syphilis: a case report demonstrating missed opportunities for screening and inadequate treatment despite multiple healthcare encounters during pregnancy.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2021
A case of congenital syphilis due to multiple missed opportunities, highlights the challenges of treating syphilis during pregnancy. While cases are increasing in the United States, congenital syphilis, a disease with devastating consequences, is ...
Acasia Fukuda   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Monocytosis in Congenital Syphilis

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1977
We evaluated hematological findings, with special reference to the monocyte count, in ten infants with congenital syphilis. One patient had a monocytic leukemoid reaction and eight had absolute monocyte counts considerably higher than normal control infants. Monocytes appear to be an essential participant in the cellular reaction to treponema pallidum.
Anju Khanijou   +4 more
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A case of congenital syphilis

Emergency Radiology, 2013
We report a case of an asymptomatic 3-month-old girl presenting to the emergency department with concern for congenital syphilis. Radiographs of the lower limbs demonstrate mild diffuse periosteal reaction involving the femur, tibia, and fibula and bilaterally symmetric lucencies and erosions of the medial proximal tibial metaphysis (Wimberger's sign).
Marguerite T. Parisi   +3 more
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Congenital syphilis: A contemporary update on an ancient disease

Prenatal Diagnosis, 2020
Congenital syphilis (CS) rates reached a 20‐year high in the United States in 2018. Unlike previous years, most babies diagnosed with CS were born to mothers who received prenatal care, indicative of the need for better provider education and guideline ...
M. Rac, I. Stafford, C. Eppes
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gestational and Congenital Syphilis

Clinics in Perinatology, 1988
The frequency of congenital syphilis continues to increase throughout the United States during the 1980s. Untreated maternal infection can lead to stillbirth, premature labor, congenital infection, and neonatal death. Preventive measures, based on control of early syphilis in women, prenatal care, improved diagnosis and diligent followup, can help to ...
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RESURGENCE OF CONGENITAL SYPHILIS

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 1992
As a result of the alarming increase in primary and secondary syphilis in the United States, congenital syphilis has resurged in many areas, including Detroit. Several maternal risk factors have been identified as contributing to the increase in congenital syphilis, the most important of which are poor prenatal care and the trading of sex for illicit ...
Michelle Collins Berry, Adnan S. Dajani
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The lesions of congenital syphilis

The British Journal of Radiology, 1970
Abstract The clinical and radiological presentation of 108 cases of prenatal or congenital syphilis from a ten-year survey are reviewed. Part I deals with 102 cases of early syphilis aged from one day to six months. The bony presentations are reviewed and the relative incidence of the varying appearances stated.
B J Cremin, R M Fisher
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