Congenital Syphilis
OVERVIEW: What every practitioner needs to know Are you sure your patient has congenital syphilis? What are the typical findings for this disease? Syphilis in children may occur as an acquired or congenital infection. Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum is the causative microbe. This chapter focuses on congenital syphilis. Syphilis beyond early infancy is a sexually…