Open AccessCongenital syphilis: the old problem against a background of the new epidemiologic situation
Author(s) -
Т. V. Krasnoselskikh,
Eugene Sokolovsky
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
žurnalʺ akušerstva i ženskihʺ boleznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1684-0461
pISSN - 1683-9366
DOI - 10.17816/jowd83606
Subject(s) - medicine , congenital syphilis , syphilis , pediatrics , disease , intensive care medicine , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
The essential issues of clinical and laboratory diagnosis, treatment and prevention of congenital syphilis are reviewed. Last decade the number of babies born with congenital syphilis increased significantly in Russia. Those women at highest risk for the disease seem to be alcohol and drug users, as well as those without antenatal care.