ALLMedicine™ Acquired Syphilis Center

Mar 29th, 2022 - Syphilis is an infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum. In children, there are two different forms of this disease; acquired syphilis and congenital syphilis, which results from transplacental transmission of spirochetes. The worldwide inc...

Jul 27th, 2021 - Children may acquire syphilis by nonsexual contact as a consequence of close and repetitive contact with mucosal or skin lesions of people with active syphilis. Prospective cohort study of pediatric patients with acquired syphilis by nonsexual con...

Jun 7th, 2021 - Syphilis in children is uncommon with the mode of infection for this rare condition likely being congenital or acquired. While most acquired cases of syphilis in children result from sexual abuse, children can also be infected with syphilis throug...

Feb 6th, 2021 - Acquired syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that affects the general population and has been growing in recent years in many countries. A study was developed aiming to analyze the trends of acquired syphilis associated with sociodemograp...

Oct 28th, 2020 - Syphilis is classically described as a sexually transmitted disease. As this source of contagious has been described long ago -mainly though by observation- when children presents with acquired syphilis, child abuse is always considered and must b...

Mar 29th, 2022 - Syphilis is an infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum. In children, there are two different forms of this disease; acquired syphilis and congenital syphilis, which results from transplacental transmission of spirochetes. The worldwide inc...

Oct 28th, 2020 - Syphilis is classically described as a sexually transmitted disease. As this source of contagious has been described long ago -mainly though by observation- when children presents with acquired syphilis, child abuse is always considered and must b...

Oct 9th, 2019 - One of the nation’s most preventable diseases is killing newborns in ever-increasing numbers. Christoph Burgstedt/iStock/Getty Images Plus Nationwide, 1,306 infants acquired syphilis from their mother in 2018, a 40% rise over 2017, according to fe.

Oct 9th, 2019 - One of the nation’s most preventable diseases is killing newborns in ever-increasing numbers. Christoph Burgstedt/iStock/Getty Images Plus Nationwide, 1,306 infants acquired syphilis from their mother in 2018, a 40% rise over 2017, according to fe.

Nov 16th, 2018 - Diagnoses of primary and secondary syphilis, the most infectious stages of the disease, jumped 76% from 2013 to 2017. And reported cases of congenital syphilis—passed from mother to infant during pregnancy—rose 44% between 2016 and 2017, from 16 c.

Sep 26th, 2018 - Reported cases of congenital syphilis have more than doubled since 2013, according to the annual Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Reported cases of congenital syphilis jump...

7.0 References Health Protection Agency. Mapping the Issues: HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United Kingdom. London: Health Protection Agency, 2005. Health Protection Agency. Annual Report: A Complex Picture: HIV and Other Sex...