Syphilis in Pregnancy

Amira El-Messidi; Erica Hardy

doi:10.1017/9781108975780.077

Chapter 65 - Syphilis in Pregnancy

from Section 11 - Infectious Conditions in Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2023

Amira El-Messidi and

Erica Hardy

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Amira El-Messidi and

Alan D. Cameron

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Amira El-Messidi: Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Alan D. Cameron: Affiliation:
University of Glasgow

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Summary

A 23-year-old primigravida is referred to your high-risk obstetrics clinic at 17+3 weeks’ gestation for a reactive VDRL test on routine prenatal screening. Although her appointment with you is in two days, she presents urgently to your office for new-onset tongue lesions and a rash. She had an early dating sonography, and aneuploidy screening was unremarkable. She takes prenatal vitamins and has no obstetric complaints.

Keywords

Syphilis, Treponema pallidum, pregnancy Primary, secondary, tertiary, neurosyphilis Clinical manifestations Traditional screening, reverse screening Venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) differential diagnosis Treponemal, nontreponemal tests Antepartum management Penicillin, treatment, desensitization Fetal manifestations, sonography, anomalies Placental characteristics Congenital syphilis

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Information: OSCEs in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
An Evidence-Based Approach
, pp. 831 - 842

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108975780.077 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2023

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