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Detection of Congenital Syphilis via Digital PCR and Next-Generation Sequencing, Colombia.

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Τίτλος: Detection of Congenital Syphilis via Digital PCR and Next-Generation Sequencing, Colombia.
Συγγραφείς: Bossa-Castro AM, Escobar NMO, Valderrama Márquez IA, Abril D, Fuentes L, Corredor-Rozo ZL, López Cruz RL, Ochoa Ramírez SH, Madera JAM, Ramos Cabrera PJ, Castellanos Corredor JE, Bernal NAG, Gómez Puentes AM, Morales Pertuz CA, Escobar-Pérez J
Πηγή: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2026 Aug; Vol. 32 (8), pp. 1341-1344.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article; Case Reports
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9508155 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1080-6059 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10806040 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Emerg Infect Dis Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Original Publication: Atlanta, GA : National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), [1995-
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Syphilis, Congenital*/diagnosis , Syphilis, Congenital*/microbiology , Syphilis, Congenital*/drug therapy , Treponema pallidum*/genetics , Treponema pallidum*/isolation & purification , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing*/methods , Polymerase Chain Reaction*/methods, Colombia/epidemiology ; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/diagnosis ; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/microbiology ; Humans ; Female ; Pregnancy ; Infant, Newborn ; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Περίληψη: We describe congenital syphilis in a newborn whose mother had secondary syphilis diagnosed during pregnancy and received a single penicillin dose. Molecular methods detected an extremely low Treponema pallidum load in the mother but higher load in the neonate. Our findings support using molecular methods for detecting vertical T. pallidum transmission.
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: Colombia; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum; bacteria; congenital syphilis; digital PCR; next-generation sequencing
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20260728 Date Completed: 20260729 Latest Revision: 20260802
Update Code: 20260802
PubMed Central ID: PMC13426889
DOI: 10.3201/eid3208.251737
PMID: 42521660
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
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ISSN:1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid3208.251737