Congenital syphilis after treatment of maternal syphilis with a penicillin regimen exceeding CDC guidelines.

BACKGROUND: Although congenital syphilis usually occurs as a result of a failure to detect and treat syphilis in pregnant women, failures of the currently recommended regimen to prevent congenital syphilis have been reported. CASE: This report describes an infant with congenital syphilis despite mat...

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Autores principales: Conover, C S, Rend, C A, Miller, G B, Schmid, G P
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1998
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1784788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9785110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1998)6:3<134::AID-IDOG7>3.0.CO;2-X
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author Conover, C S
Rend, C A
Miller, G B
Schmid, G P
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description BACKGROUND: Although congenital syphilis usually occurs as a result of a failure to detect and treat syphilis in pregnant women, failures of the currently recommended regimen to prevent congenital syphilis have been reported. CASE: This report describes an infant with congenital syphilis despite maternal treatment with a regimen exceeding current CDC guidelines. CONCLUSION: Regardless of the regimen used to treat syphilis during pregnancy, clinicians should recognize the possibility of occasional treatment failures and the importance of adequate follow-up of infants at risk for congenital syphilis.
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spelling pubmed-17847882007-02-05 Congenital syphilis after treatment of maternal syphilis with a penicillin regimen exceeding CDC guidelines. Conover, C S Rend, C A Miller, G B Schmid, G P Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol Research Article BACKGROUND: Although congenital syphilis usually occurs as a result of a failure to detect and treat syphilis in pregnant women, failures of the currently recommended regimen to prevent congenital syphilis have been reported. CASE: This report describes an infant with congenital syphilis despite maternal treatment with a regimen exceeding current CDC guidelines. CONCLUSION: Regardless of the regimen used to treat syphilis during pregnancy, clinicians should recognize the possibility of occasional treatment failures and the importance of adequate follow-up of infants at risk for congenital syphilis. 1998 /pmc/articles/PMC1784788/ /pubmed/9785110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1998)6:3<134::AID-IDOG7>3.0.CO;2-X Text en
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Conover, C S
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Schmid, G P
Congenital syphilis after treatment of maternal syphilis with a penicillin regimen exceeding CDC guidelines.
title Congenital syphilis after treatment of maternal syphilis with a penicillin regimen exceeding CDC guidelines.
title_full Congenital syphilis after treatment of maternal syphilis with a penicillin regimen exceeding CDC guidelines.
title_fullStr Congenital syphilis after treatment of maternal syphilis with a penicillin regimen exceeding CDC guidelines.
title_full_unstemmed Congenital syphilis after treatment of maternal syphilis with a penicillin regimen exceeding CDC guidelines.
title_short Congenital syphilis after treatment of maternal syphilis with a penicillin regimen exceeding CDC guidelines.
title_sort congenital syphilis after treatment of maternal syphilis with a penicillin regimen exceeding cdc guidelines.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1784788/
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