Transfusion Syphilis: A Case Report

An infant girl acquired syphilis after exchange transfusion with fresh whole blood in 1977 in Rotterdam. She showed typical features of early infectious syphilis three and a half months after the transfusion. The parents had no histories or clinical or serologie signs indicative of syphilis. Althoug...

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Published in:Sexually transmitted diseases 1983-10, Vol.10 (4), p.200-201
Main Authors: RISSEEUW-APPEL, INGE M., KOTHE, FRITS C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Blood. Blood and plasma substitutes. Blood products. Blood cells. Blood typing. Plasmapheresis. Apheresis
Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood - adverse effects
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Medical sciences
Syphilis - transmission
Transfusions. Complications. Transfusion reactions. Cell and gene therapy
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Summary:An infant girl acquired syphilis after exchange transfusion with fresh whole blood in 1977 in Rotterdam. She showed typical features of early infectious syphilis three and a half months after the transfusion. The parents had no histories or clinical or serologie signs indicative of syphilis. Although the blood donor had negative serologie tests for syphilis shortly before giving the blood, later examination indicated that he must have become infected with Treponema pallidum shortly before donation of the blood used in the transfusion of the infant.
ISSN:0148-5717
1537-4521
DOI:10.1097/00007435-198311000-00009