Sesja plenarna III <br>Congenital syphilis – current problems

Bożena Chodynicka; Agnieszka Beata Serwin

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Sesja plenarna III
Congenital syphilis – current problems

Bożena Chodynicka

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Agnieszka Beata Serwin

Przegl Dermatol 2009, 96, 109–113

Online publish date: 2009/04/30

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The World Health Organization estimates that worldwide about one million pregnant women are adversely affected by infection with Treponema pallidum. It results in abortions, stillbirths, congenital syphilis or premature, low-birth-weight babies. The majority of cases of congenital syphilis are seen in developing countries, but the disease is unexpectedly frequent in high-income populations. Usually, neonates do not have specific symptoms of the disease. The most relevant issues concerning congenital syphilis are presented in the paper: the necessity and the principles of screening programmes in pregnancy as the best prevention tool, treatment recommendations for infected pregnant females, as well as new methods and modified guidelines for the diagnostics of congenital syphilis.

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Sesja plenarna III Congenital syphilis – current problems

Bożena Chodynicka , Agnieszka Beata Serwin

congenital syphilis, epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, treatment

Sesja plenarna III
Congenital syphilis – current problems

Bożena Chodynicka

,

Agnieszka Beata Serwin