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- Title
Seven years of undiagnosed syphilis: a missed opportunity for mother and child.
- Authors
Oomeer, Soonita; Alagaratnam, Jasmini; Lyall, Hermione; Gurtin, Deniz; Goldmeier, David
- Abstract
We report the case of congenital syphilis diagnosed in a 7-year-old child after her 32-year-old mother was investigated for neurosyphilis. Our case illustrates the importance of antenatal syphilis screening and the need for a clear referral and management pathway for women with positive serology to ensure cases such as ours do not occur in the future.
- Subjects
COMMUNICABLE disease diagnosis; PREGNANCY complications; PENICILLIN G; BACTERIA; IMMUNOENZYME technique; NEUROSYPHILIS; SYPHILIS; CONGENITAL, hereditary, &; infantile syphilis; TREATMENT effectiveness; VERTICAL transmission (Communicable diseases); DIAGNOSIS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
International Journal of STD & AIDS, 2015, Vol 26, Issue 13, p982
- ISSN
0956-4624
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/0956462414564200