Prolonged Fetal Bradycardia as the Presenting Clinical Sign in Congenital Syphilis Complicated by Necrotizing Funisitis: A Case Report

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Histopathological examination of the placenta. Numerous spirochetes of Treponema pallidum in areas of the umbilical vein (a), chronic plate (b), deciduas (c) and villi (d) were noted by immunohistochemistry testing, which was performed using an antibody against T. pallidum.

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