Congenital syphilis A50-

Congenital syphilis A50-

Clinical Information

  • A life-threatening bacterial infection of the newborn caused by treponema pallidum. It is transmitted to the infant from a mother with syphilis through the placenta during pregnancy. Signs and symptoms include irritability, fever, failure to thrive, saddle nose, cutaneous rash, and pneumonia.
  • Syphilis acquired in utero and manifested by any of several characteristic tooth (hutchinson’s teeth) or bone malformations and by active mucocutaneous syphilis at birth or shortly thereafter. Ocular and neurologic changes may also occur.

Codes

A50 Congenital syphilis