CONGENITAL SYPHILIS - OBSERVATIONS ON LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF INTRAUTERINE INFECTION

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作者
ACKERMAN, BD
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[1] University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Irvine, CA
[2] Los Angeles County General Hospital, Irvine, CA
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10.1016/S0022-3476(69)80204-0
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R72 [儿科学];
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100202 ;
摘要
A fatal case of congenital syphilis is presented with extremely severe, but very sharply localized skin manifestations. The infant's VDRL titer was 2 tube dilutions higher than the mother's, even though the infant's serum showed an apparent absence of IgM. It appears that a detectable IgM elevation in the newborn infant is not a constant finding in all types of intrauterine infection. © 1969 The C. V. Mosby Company.
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