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Anales de la Facultad de Medicina
Print version ISSN 1025-5583
Abstract
NEIRA VARILLAS, Milagros Rocío and DONAIRES TOSCANO, Luis Fernando. Maternal syphilis and complications during pregnancy. An. Fac. med. [online]. 2019, vol.80, n.1, pp.68-72. ISSN 1025-5583. http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/anales.v80i1.15875.
Syphilis is a curable infection caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum, it is transmitted sexually and also, during pregnancy, from the mother to the fetus; and the absence of treatment in pregnancy leads to adverse outcomes such as late fetal death, prematurity and neonatal death. We describe the natural course of a case of maternal syphilis that occurred with complications during the end of pregnancy and led to neonatal death.
Keywords : Syphilis; Treponema pallidum; Pregnancy.