title: [Congenital syphilis. Apropos of 3 cases with early neonatal manifestations].
abstract: Three patients with early congenital syphilis are described. A slight degree of prematurity was a common feature. Symptomatology consisted in a combination of various lesions of the skin, bones, respiratory and nervous systems. Despite prompt initiation of therapy with penicillin, one patient died a few hours after birth. Another patient's death was attributed to a secondary Klebsiella overinfection. This demonstrates the severity of the syphilitic injury for the newborn infant when it manifests itself at birth.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009461:Neurologic Manifestations; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy; D013587:Syphilis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013590:Syphilis, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013591:Syphilis, Cutaneous / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins
vernacular_title: Syphilis congénitale. A propos de trois observations à manifestations néo-natales précoces