منابع مشابه
Congenital Syphilis
Two cases of congenital syphilis was presented and few aspect of the disease and its treatment was discussed.
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Introduction Despite recent advances in serology, the diagnosis of congenital syphilis still presents difficulties.' Treponema pallidum cannot be grown in vitro and in the majority of cases the organism is not readily identifiable. Clinical findings may be absent; approximately twothirds of the cases are asymptomatic at birth.2 3 Serology also has limitations in that it may not distinguish betw...
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Detroit has recently been distinguished as having the highest congenital syphilis rate in the United States (250.3 cases per 100 000 live births in Detroit versus 10.3 in the US). However, depending on each health department's followup and CDC reporting, these data may not accurately reflect the true congenital syphilis rate. This study examines the reported cases over a three-year time period ...
متن کاملCongenital Syphilis
In the US and northern Europe, the prevalence of pregnant syphilitic women is estimated at .1-.6%, while in South Africa it was 7.6% in 1982. In 1978, there 108 cases in the US which increased to 268 reported cases in 1985. The increase of congenital syphilis (CS) by 25% from 1985 to 1988 was attributed to the spread of crack cocaine in the US. The rate was 10.5 cases/100,000 live births in t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.81.1.111