title: Congenital syphilis following negative antenatal screening.
abstract: We report a case of severe early congenital syphilis in the infant of a mother who acquired syphilis in mid pregnancy. The mother had received full antenatal care including serological screening for syphilis. Congenital syphilis is re-emerging in a number of industrialised countries and this report demonstrates that some of the most serious cases cannot be prevented by routine antenatal screening.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palfreeman
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Fenton
mesh_terms: D016358:Contact Tracing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D013587:Syphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D013590:Syphilis, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006113:United Kingdom