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[Congenital syphilis: a case report]
M Lasfargue1, S Thümmler, S Perelman
1Fondation LENVAL-Hôpital pour Enfants, 57 avenue de la Californie, 06200 Nice.
Abstract:
Syphilis is a re-emerging infectious disease in Western Europe. Congenital syphilis is a potentially serious pathology affecting newborns of infected mothers. This disease is easily curable by a simple antibiotic treatment. Because of systematic antenatal screening it should no longer exist in industrialized countries. Nevertheless, we report a case of a six-week-old infant with a delayed diagnosis of congenital syphilis. Physicians, especially gynaecologists, obstetricians and paediatricians, have to be vigilant in order to allow for early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of congenital syphilis.
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