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
Affiliations
Alexandre Regueme
Univ Lille, CHU de Lille, Laboratoire de Virologie ULR3610, 59000 Lille, France
Amélie Lesueur
Univ Lille, CHU de Lille, Laboratoire de Virologie ULR3610, 59000 Lille, France
Benoît Catteau
CHU de Lille, Pôle Médecine, Clinique de Dermatologie, 59000 Lille, France
Célia Tillard
CHU de Lille, Pôle Enfant, Clinique de Pédiatrie, 59000 Lille, France
Agnès Wacrenier
CHU de Lille, Institut de Pathologie, 59000 Lille, France
Noémie Cartier
Univ Lille, CHU de Lille, Laboratoire de Virologie ULR3610, 59000 Lille, France
Mouna Lazrek
Univ Lille, CHU de Lille, Laboratoire de Virologie ULR3610, 59000 Lille, France
Aurélie Guigon
Univ Lille, CHU de Lille, Laboratoire de Virologie ULR3610, 59000 Lille, France
Didier Hober
Univ Lille, CHU de Lille, Laboratoire de Virologie ULR3610, 59000 Lille, France
Enagnon Kazali Alidjinou
Univ Lille, CHU de Lille, Laboratoire de Virologie ULR3610, 59000 Lille, France; Correspondence to: Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre de Biologie Pathologie, CHU de Lille, Boulevard du Professeur Jules Leclercq, 59037 Lille, France.
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.
