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- Congenital Syphilis
- SYMPTOMS in an infant may include blisters on the mouth, soles, nose, palms
- and diaper area and generalized lymph node enlargement. Other signs may
- include a failure to thrive, enlarged liver and spleen, convulsions, mental
- retardation, meningitis and bloodstained or pus-laden discharge.
- CAUSES by the mother passing along infection to the fetus.
- TREATMENT. Antibiotics and other treatment.