       Document 0366
 DOCN  M9460366
 TI    [Retrospective study of 45 cases of congenital syphilis in French Guiana
       from 1980 to 1990]
 DT    9404
 AU    Bataille H; Mallet EC; Tlilane Z; Beets C; Carles G; Delattre P; Service
       de Pediatrie, CHU Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe.
 SO    Ann Pediatr (Paris). 1993 Dec;40(10):609-12. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94175475
 AB    From 1980 through 1990, 45 cases of congenital syphilis, i.e.,
       15.5/10,000 births, were reported in French Guyana. Epidemiological and
       clinical characteristics of these cases were analyzed retrospectively.
       Most mothers were immigrants (32%) or members of the traditional Maroni
       community (60%). Congenital infections were often severe (symptomatic in
       85% of cases and fatal in 33%). Treatment should be especially
       aggressive in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
 DE    Causality  Emigration and Immigration/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  English
       Abstract  *Ethnic Groups  Female  French Guiana/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human
       Incidence  Infant Mortality  Infant, Newborn  Penicillin G,
       Benzathine/THERAPEUTIC USE  Retrospective Studies  Syphilis,
       Congenital/BLOOD/COMPLICATIONS/DRUG THERAPY/  *EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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