Testing umbilical cords for funisitis due to Treponema pallidum infection, Bolivia.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Guarner, J. ; Southwick, K. ; Greer, P. ; Bartlett, J. ; Santander, A. ; Blanco, S. ; Pope, V. ; Levine, W. ; Zaki, S.
• Description:
  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 fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption tests. Histologic abnormalities were detected in 28 (42%) umbilical cords (seven [11%] had necrotizing funisitis with spirochetes; three [4%] had marked funisitis without necrosis; and 18 [27%] had mild funisitis), and 38 [58%] were normal. Of 22 umbilical cords of infants from mothers without syphilis (controls), only two (9%) showed mild funisitis; the others were normal. Testing umbilical cords by using immunohistochemistry is a research tool that can establish the frequency of funisitis due to Treponema pallidum infection.
• Subjects:
  Antibodies, Bacterial Cohort Studies Female Humans Infant, Newborn Necrosis Prospective Studies Syphilis Treponema Pallidum Umbilical Cord
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 6(5):487-492.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Bolivia
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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