A menace to fraternity: Early congenital syphilis - A rare case report.

Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS

Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Government Medical College and S. S. G. Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.

Published: December 2023

Congenital syphilis (CS), once a forgotten disease, has now remerged. A 2-month-old male child presented with multiple discrete skin-colored papules over the trunk, back, bilateral lower limbs, and groin. He also had a deformity of bilateral lower limbs and a widening at the wrist. Radiological findings suggested syphilitic changes in long bones. Nontreponemal as well as treponemal tests were positive in the baby and both parents confirming the diagnosis of CS. The father had a history of multiple sex partners and untreated genital lesions in the past. The case emphasizes the importance of awareness regarding sexually transmitted infections and its timely treatment and judicious antenatal screening for the same.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10785104PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_52_23DOI Listing

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