Gestational and congenital syphilis: gaps to be elucidated.
Déborah Esteves CarvalhoJoão Victor Andrade PimentelLuise Oliveira Ribeiro da SilvaLetícia Maria Cardoso Lima RodriguesLeonardo Santana AndradeCarlos Ramon Costa SantanaMarcelo Antônio Silva MenezesEloyse Emanuelle Nunes SilvaGabryelle Eduarda Gama Dos SantosSayron Natanael Lopes Pereira SantosBreno Gustavo do Nascimento GomesLetícia Almeida MeiraHelga Machado de Farias SantosIzailza Matos Dantas LopesPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2023)
Congenital and gestational syphilis are increasingly prevalent multisystemic infections in Brazil. This study aimed to present a case series of three children diagnosed with congenital syphilis even though their mother had unreactive treponemal tests. The VDRL (Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) titers of a 22-year-old mother with three pregnancies decreased after treatment. The mother did not have a reactive treponemal test, but all the three children were diagnosed with early congenital syphilis. This case series highlights the difficulty in diagnosing gestational and congenital syphilis in Brazil.