Gestational and congenital syphilis: gaps to be elucidated
| Autor: | Déborah Esteves Carvalho, João Victor Andrade Pimentel, Luise Oliveira Ribeiro da Silva, Letícia Maria Cardoso Lima Rodrigues, Leonardo Santana Andrade, Carlos Ramon Costa Santana, Marcelo Antônio Silva Menezes, Eloyse Emanuelle Nunes Silva, Gabryelle Eduarda Gama dos Santos, Sayron Natanael Lopes Pereira Santos, Breno Gustavo do Nascimento Gomes, Letícia Almeida Meira, Helga Machado de Farias Santos, Izailza Matos Dantas Lopes |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 56 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-9849 0037-8682 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0037-8682-0038-2023 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACT Congenital and gestational syphilis are increasingly prevalent multisystemic infections in Brazil. This study aimed to present a case series of three children diagnosed with congenital syphilis even though their mother had unreactive treponemal tests. The VDRL (Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) titers of a 22-year-old mother with three pregnancies decreased after treatment. The mother did not have a reactive treponemal test, but all the three children were diagnosed with early congenital syphilis. This case series highlights the difficulty in diagnosing gestational and congenital syphilis in Brazil. |
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