Congenital Syphilis: A Description of 18 Cases and Re-examination of an Old but Ever-Present Disease.

Autor: Saxoni, Fontini, Lapatsanis, Peter, Pantelakis, Stephanos N.
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Zdroj: Clinical Pediatrics; Dec1967, Vol. 6 Issue 12, p687-691, 5p
Abstrakt: Presents an analysis of several cases of congenital syphilis. Determination of incidence of meningitis among syphilis patients; Indication of the presence of osteochondritis and periostitis of long bones; Observation of increase in reticulocytes and immature white blood cells with decrease in platelet count; Initiation of penicillin treatment; Importance of the detection of syphilis early in pregnancy plus adequate treatment of the pregnant woman to prevent transmission.
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