Acquired secondary syphilis in preschool children by nonsexual close contact.
Children may acquire syphilis as a consequence of nonsexual close contact if family members or caregivers are infected by active syphilis. We described 3 cases of acquired secondary syphilis in Chinese preschool children who contracted the disease from their caregivers to draw attention to the potential for syphilis patients to transmit Treponema pallidum to the children they are caretakers for.
Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China.
Fu-Quan
FQ
Long
Qian-Qiu
QQ
Wang
Juan
J
Jiang
Jin-Ping
JP
Zhang
Shu-Xian
SX
Shang
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D017028:Caregivers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005114:Extramarital Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013587:Syphilis / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission*; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial