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Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC-SA 4.0Annals of African Medicine

Congenital Syphilis in an Infant at a Nigerian Hospital

  • Olusola Adetunji Oyedeji1
  • Olanike Taye Oladibu1
  • Temitope Ajibola Oyelami1
  • Mayowa Mary Adetoye1
  • Gbemiga Olorunfemi Osawu1
  • Victor Idowu Joel-Medewase1
  • Efeturi Agelebe2
  1. 1Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
  2. 2Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, BOWEN University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
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Abstract

A 2-month-old male infant was diagnosed as having congenital syphilis at the Outpatient children’s Clinic at LAUTECH, Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso. He was delivered at a primary health center with an abnormally shaped nose and oval flesh-like swelling adjacent to the lateral wall of the left nostril. Over the first 2 months of life, he developed a slowly progressive swelling around the wrist. Despite several courses of antibiotics prescribed by several doctors at both tertiary and private hospitals, for an unknown illness, he did not get better. The mother of the infant referred her infant close to the postnatal age of 3 months. The case and the challenges encountered in making a diagnosis and management are discussed.

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@article{oyedeji2026congenital,
  title = {{Congenital Syphilis in an Infant at a Nigerian Hospital}},
  author = {Olusola Adetunji Oyedeji and Olanike Taye Oladibu and Temitope Ajibola Oyelami and Mayowa Mary Adetoye and Gbemiga Olorunfemi Osawu and Victor Idowu Joel-Medewase and Efeturi Agelebe},
  journal = {Annals of African Medicine},
  year = {2026},
  month = jun,
  doi = {10.4103/aam.aam_122_26},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_122_26},
  note = {CC BY-NC-SA 4.0},
}
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TI  - Congenital Syphilis in an Infant at a Nigerian Hospital
AU  - Olusola Adetunji Oyedeji
AU  - Olanike Taye Oladibu
AU  - Temitope Ajibola Oyelami
AU  - Mayowa Mary Adetoye
AU  - Gbemiga Olorunfemi Osawu
AU  - Victor Idowu Joel-Medewase
AU  - Efeturi Agelebe
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/19
JO  - Annals of African Medicine
DO  - 10.4103/aam.aam_122_26
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