Abstract
A particular challenge for child health represent cases of early and congenital syphilis, which is characterized by a severe multiorgan pathology in children and high mortality in newborns. Purpose. To study the incidence of early congenital syphilis, depending on the time of detection of syphilis infection in women and to present the clinical features of this disease in newborns with the frequency of the detection of the most important specific manifestations of the disease. Material and methods. We observed 114 women with confirmed syphilis infection and newborns from these mothers. Results. The data presented indicate the prevalence of Lues latens praecox in the structure of syphilis infection in pregnant women with newly diagnosed disease. In children from women who were diagnosed with syphilis during this pregnancy early congenital syphilis (PBC) exhibited in 74.3% of cases, while 27 cases in 19 newborns syphilis was accompanied by clinical symptoms. Conclusion. In the pathological process in congenital syphilis, with greatest frequency involved bone, followed - mucous membranes (rhinitis).
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