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Congenital syphilis, still a reality in 21(st )century: a case report

Congenital syphilis is a preventable disease and its presence reflects a failure of prenatal care delivery systems, as well as syphilis control programmes. The procedure to prevent congenital syphilis through antenatal screening and treatment is well established. But implementation of effective prog...

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Autores principales: Chaudhary, Monica, Kashyap, Bineeta, Bhalla, Preena
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2034583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17877837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-90
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Sumario:Congenital syphilis is a preventable disease and its presence reflects a failure of prenatal care delivery systems, as well as syphilis control programmes. The procedure to prevent congenital syphilis through antenatal screening and treatment is well established. But implementation of effective programmes has proved very difficult especially in resource constrained countries.