Congenital syphilis - how recognition and testing is important: a case report
Background.Congenital syphilis in untreated or inadequately treated pregnant women causes a variety of clinical manifestations, including miscarriage, neonatal death, cutaneous and visceral manifestations, or asymptomatic infection.We present a recent case of congenital syphilis with negative TPHA in the first trimester.
Authors
- Agnese Immacolata Volpicelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6523-1993)
- F. Spissu
- Valentino Remorgida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5043-6676)
- Libera Troìa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6327-4867)
- Daniela Surico (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6801-0043)
Institutions
- Piedmont University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Italian Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.36129/jog.2024.s152
- Primary Topic
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00