Congenital Syphilis Like Many Years Ago

This case concerns a premature infant with typical signs of congenital syphilis born to an untreated foreign mother. Syphilis prevalence in pregnant women has been rising in Italy since the beginning of the 21st century, mainly due to immigration. A correct antenatal syphilis screening and consequ...

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Main Authors: Brighi, Giulia, Farneti, Giorgia, Marangoni, Antonella, Tridapalli, Elisabetta, Neri, Iria, Capretti, Maria Grazia, Faldella, Giacomo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336237/
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spelling pubmed-33362372012-05-07 Congenital Syphilis Like Many Years Ago Brighi, Giulia Farneti, Giorgia Marangoni, Antonella Tridapalli, Elisabetta Neri, Iria Capretti, Maria Grazia Faldella, Giacomo Case Report This case concerns a premature infant with typical signs of congenital syphilis born to an untreated foreign mother. Syphilis prevalence in pregnant women has been rising in Italy since the beginning of the 21st century, mainly due to immigration. A correct antenatal syphilis screening and consequent adequate therapy of pregnant woman are fundamental to prevent the neonatal infection. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3336237/ /pubmed/22567464 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/235059 Text en Copyright © 2011 Giulia Brighi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Brighi, Giulia
Farneti, Giorgia
Marangoni, Antonella
Tridapalli, Elisabetta
Neri, Iria
Capretti, Maria Grazia
Faldella, Giacomo
spellingShingle Brighi, Giulia
Farneti, Giorgia
Marangoni, Antonella
Tridapalli, Elisabetta
Neri, Iria
Capretti, Maria Grazia
Faldella, Giacomo
Congenital Syphilis Like Many Years Ago
author_facet Brighi, Giulia
Farneti, Giorgia
Marangoni, Antonella
Tridapalli, Elisabetta
Neri, Iria
Capretti, Maria Grazia
Faldella, Giacomo
author_sort Brighi, Giulia
title Congenital Syphilis Like Many Years Ago
title_short Congenital Syphilis Like Many Years Ago
title_full Congenital Syphilis Like Many Years Ago
title_fullStr Congenital Syphilis Like Many Years Ago
title_full_unstemmed Congenital Syphilis Like Many Years Ago
title_sort congenital syphilis like many years ago
description This case concerns a premature infant with typical signs of congenital syphilis born to an untreated foreign mother. Syphilis prevalence in pregnant women has been rising in Italy since the beginning of the 21st century, mainly due to immigration. A correct antenatal syphilis screening and consequent adequate therapy of pregnant woman are fundamental to prevent the neonatal infection.
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336237/
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