Nonvenereal transmission of syphilis in infancy by mouth-to-mouth transfer of prechewed food

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 216-217

  Zhou, Pingyu ^a   Qian, Yihong ^a   Lu, Haikong ^a   Guan, Zhifang ^a  

^a Shanghai Skin Disease and STD Hospital   (China)

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Indexed keywords

PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH; RASH; SORE THROAT; SYPHILIS; ADULT; BABY FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TONGUE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TONGUE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 65549116538     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181901c79     Document Type: Article

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