Research Article
Syphilitic pemphigus
Elvis Piñeres* and Carlos Ospina
Published: 10/22/2020 | Volume 4 - Issue 1 | Pages: 003-003
A 34-week premature newborn, child of a mother without prenatal controls, a marijuana user, with gestational syphilis with a positive rapid plasma reagin test (RPR) titer 1:16, did not receive treatment during pregnancy. The newborn presented congenital syphilis, RPR titer 1: 256 positive test.
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