Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Congenital syphilis, still a reality in 21st century: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Congenital syphilis still a reality in 21st century a case report Monica Chaudhary Bineeta Kashyap and Preena Bhalla Address Department of Microbiology Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital New Delhi India Email Monica Chaudhary - drmonica74@ Bineeta Kashyap - dr_bineetakashyap@ Preena Bhalla - preenadr@ Corresponding author Published 19 September 2007 Received 5 June 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007 1 90 doi 1752-1947-1-90 Accepted 19 September 2007 This article is available from http content 1 1 90 2007 Chaudhary et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ 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. Background Congenital syphilis is a rare and serious disease that although preventable continues to be a major health care problem 1 . Although the rate of congenital syphilis is declining in developed countries a significant increase has been observed in the underdeveloped countries 2 in spite of the widespread use of penicillin to treat syphilis since the early 1950s. Late congenital syphilis recognized 2 or more years after birth 3 is a very rare clinical entity. We are reporting here a case of late congenital syphilis in order to .
