Open AccessCongenital Syphilis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Saujan Subedi,
Jayanti Jwarchan,
Shashwata Raj Pandit,
Saraswoti Neupane
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nepal journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2091-167X
pISSN - 2091-0231
DOI - 10.3126/njdvl.v18i1.30315
Subject(s) - syphilis , treponema , congenital syphilis , medicine , in utero , fetus , population , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pediatrics , pregnancy , obstetrics , immunology , biology , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , genetics
Congenital syphilis is a chronic infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum, a spirochete acquired in-utero by the fetus. Syphilis continues to affect pregnant population, in spite of various measures to control. Here we report a case of congenital syphilis in a two-year-old male child.