Acquired secondary syphilis in preschool children by nonsexual close contact

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 588-590

  Long, Fu Quan ^a   Wang, Qian Qiu ^a   Jiang, Juan ^a   Zhang, Jin Ping ^a   Shang, Shu Xian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ACQUIRED SECONDARY SYPHILIS; ANUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINESE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PAPULE; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; REAGIN TEST; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN HYPERTROPHY; SKIN ULCER; SYPHILIS; TONSILLITIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84863798420     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182515764     Document Type: Article

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