Testing Umbilical Cords for Funisitis due to Treponema pallidum Infection, Bolivia

Testing Umbilical Cords for Funisitis due to Treponema pallidum Infection, Bolivia

To establish the frequency of necrotizing funisitis in congenital syphilis, we conducted a prospective descriptive study of maternal syphilis in Bolivia by testing 1,559 women at delivery with rapid plasma reagin (RPR). We examined umbilical cords of 66 infants whose mothers had positive RPR and flu...

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Main Authors: Jeannette Guarner, Karen Southwick, Patricia Greer, Jeanine Bartlett, Martha Fears, Ana Santander, Stanley Blanco, Victoria Pope, William Levine, Sherif Zaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Bolivia
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/5/00-0507_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/5/00-0507_article

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