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Congenital Syphilis After Treatment of Maternal Syphilis With a Penicillin Regimen Exceeding CDC Guidelines

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 6, Issue 3, Page 134-137, 1998., 1998
Background: Although congenital syphilis usually occurs as a result of a failure to detect and treat syphilis in pregnant women, failures of the currently recommended regimen to prevent congenital syphilis have been reported. Case: This report describes an infant with congenital syphilis despite maternal treatment with a regimen exceeding current CDC ...
Craig S. Conover, Charles A. Rend, Grayson B. Miller Jr., George P. Schmid   +3 more
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Congenital syphilis. New questions about a neglected but re-emerging condition

Case Reports, 2022
In this issue of Case Reports, Cifuentes-Cifuentes et al. (1) describe a case of congenital syphilis (CS) in a newborn resulting from the first pregnancy of a woman who, despite having been diagnosed with syphilis through serological tests four years ...
Hernando Gaitán Duarte
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Quality Control Assessment of Canadian Laboratories Testing for Lyme Disease

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 2, Issue 1, Page 41-45, 1991., 1990
In June 1990 a quality control assessment was undertaken of Canadian public health laboratories testing for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiological agent of Lyme disease. Twenty sera were distributed to nine laboratories, including 12 obtained from patients in Lyme endemic areas and presumed to be serological positives, and eight ...
Harvey Artsob, Maxwell Garvie
wiley   +1 more source

Innovating the fight against syphilis

DST, 2020
Introduction: Syphilis is a major public health problem. Its incidence has increased in Brazil, particularly in the Southern Region. New tools are available, and immediate action is necessary.
Antonio Gerbase, Vanessa Martins de Oliveira, Suelen Porto Basgalupp, Thayane Martins Dornelles, Michelle Pretto, Luana Pedrotti, Emerson Silveira de Brito, Eliana Márcia Wendland   +7 more
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Congenital syphilis confirmed by PCR as a result of treatment failure for syphilis in pregnancy. Case report

Case Reports, 2022
Introduction: Congenital syphilis is a major public health problem, and early diagnosis and treatment are necessary to prevent it. Penicillin G benzathine is the treatment of choice in pregnant women; however, it may fail to prevent fetal infection, as ...
Mery Yolanda Cifuentes Cifuentes, Linda Stefany Gómez Aristizábal, Gladys Pinilla Bermúdez, Claudia Cruz, Jeannette Navarrete   +4 more
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Factors associated with failure to screen for syphilis during antenatal care in Ghana: a case control study. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: There is little data regarding the effect of ramping up new screening interventions on their uptake by target populations into routine care services in developing countries.
Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw, Dassah, Edward Tieru, Mayaud, Philippe   +2 more
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Malignant Syphilis in a Female Patient: A Case Report and Mini-Review

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Malignant syphilis (MS) is a rare form of secondary syphilis with grotesque skin lesions, systemic manifestation and life-threatening complications. This article presents a case of MS in an immunocompetent 41-year-old female, who initially manifested ...
Julija Dimnik, Maja Benko, Violeta Hosta, Andreja Murnik Rauh, Andreja Pagon, Vesna Cvitković Špik, Saba Battelino, Domen Vozel   +7 more
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An overview of the clinical use of filter paper in the diagnosis of tropical diseases. [PDF]

, 2013
Tropical infectious diseases diagnosis and surveillance are often hampered by difficulties of sample collection and transportation. Filter paper potentially provides a useful medium to help overcome such problems. We reviewed the literature on the use of
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Oral manifestations of sexually transmitted diseases identified in three stomatology services in South America

Universidad y Salud, 2018
Introduction: Sexually transmitted diseases are defined as a group of infections caused by various agents which are acquired during sexual intercourse. They also tend to generate manifestations in the mouth. Objective: To determine the typical lesions in
Martha Carmona-Lorduy, Ivan Porto-Puerta, Hector Lanfranchi, Wanda Medina-Carmona, Laura Werner, Stella Maturana   +5 more
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A retrospective observational comparative study of VDRL vs. TPHA and their role in serodiagnosis of syphilis in a tertiary care centre

, 2017
Background: Syphilis is difficult to diagnose challenging the clinicians. Combined use of both non treponemal and treponemal serological tests will give correct diagnosis of syphilis.
Sivakumar S., B. K.
semanticscholar   +1 more source