Secondary syphilis in a 14-month-old girl and child-to-mother transmission

Alexandre Regueme; Amélie Lesueur; Benoît Catteau; Célia Tillard; Agnès Wacrenier; Noémie Cartier; Mouna Lazrek; Aurélie Guigon; Didier Hober; Enagnon Kazali Alidjinou

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01713

Secondary syphilis in a 14-month-old girl and child-to-mother transmission

IDCases. 2023 Feb 13:31:e01713. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01713. eCollection 2023.

Affiliations

¹ Univ Lille, CHU de Lille, Laboratoire de Virologie ULR3610, 59000 Lille, France.
² CHU de Lille, Pôle Médecine, Clinique de Dermatologie, 59000 Lille, France.
³ CHU de Lille, Pôle Enfant, Clinique de Pédiatrie, 59000 Lille, France.
⁴ CHU de Lille, Institut de Pathologie, 59000 Lille, France.

Abstract

Syphilis cases in childhood are usually associated with congenital transmission. Acquired transmission is uncommon, and primarily related to sexual abuse or close contact/nursing with infected family members. We here describe a case of syphilis in a 14-month-old girl resulting from intrafamilial infection, with a subsequent transmission to her mother.

Keywords: Acquired syphilis; Child; Child-to-mother transmission; Intrafamilial infection.

Publication types

Case Reports