CNS defeat in early congenital syphilis


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Abstract

Early congenital syphilis, in 60 % of cases, accompanied by a specific lesion of the central nervous system. Clinical manifestations of neurosyphilis in newborns are usually absent. Diagnosis is based on serological examination of cerebrospinal fluid and MRI. The paper presents two cases of early syphilis with central nervous system.

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Tamara Vladimirovna Melashenko

Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Email: venerology@mail.ru
Neurologist ICU Neonatal Clinic

Irina Romanovna Milyavskaya

Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Email: venerology@mail.ru
MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology and Venereology.

Igor Aleksandrovich Gorlanov

Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Email: venerology@mail.ru
MD, PhD, Dr Med Sci, Professor, Head of Department of Dermatology and Venereology

Larisa Mikhaylovna Leina

Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Email: venerology@mail.ru
MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology and Venereology

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