title: [Congenital syphilis].
abstract: Syphilis has been a re-emerging disease in the past few decades. As a consequence, the prevalence of congenital syphilis is expected to be on the rise. Maternal syphilis may be related to several pathologies, such as miscarriage, stillbirth, or congenital syphilis in the child. Infants that acquire syphilis in utero are frequently asymptomatic, and the organ damage caused by the infection may be apparent only years later. Syphilis is a curable disease, and most of its complications in the infant can be prevented by screening and treating the mother. Every newborn potentially infected should be treated with penicillin immediately starting on the day of birth.
authors.affiliation: Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Szent-Györgyi Albert Klinikai Centrum Borgyógyászati és Allergológiai Klinika Szeged Korányi fasor 6. 6720. tare@mail.derma.szote.u-szeged.hu
authors.forename: Réka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tabák
authors.forename: Adám
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tabák
authors.forename: Viktória
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Várkonyi
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000382:microbiology; D005123:Eye / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D007596:Joints / Q000382:microbiology; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D013590:Syphilis, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents