Congenital syphilis
ICD-10 Code
A50
Congenital syphilis
Definition
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.
Also known as congenital syphilis, mother-to-child transmission of syphilis, MTCT of syphilis — per MONDO