Table 3

Characteristics of the six infants with highly probable congenital syphilis at birth and at last visit during follow-up

	Birth						Follow-up
	GA, weeks	BW, g	IgM WB	RPR	VDRL CSF	Long-bone x ray	Age, months	RPR	IgM WB	IgG WB
BW, birth weight; CSF, cerebro spinal fluid; CGA, gestational age; Ig, immunoglobin; RPR, rapid plasma reagin; VDRL, venereal disease research laboratory; WB, western blot; +, positive; −, negative.
*These babies became seronegative as a possible consequence of early antibiotic treatment.
Case 1	24	695	+	+	Not performed	Normal	10	−	−	+
Case 2	26	495	+	+	Not performed	Normal	12	−	−	−*
Case 3	34	2150	+	+	−	Normal	4 (lost)	Weakly reactive	−	+
Case 4	40	3660	+	+	+	Normal	10	−	−	−*
Case 5	39	3250	+	+	+	Normal	24	−	−	+
Case 6	38	2800	+	+	−	Abnormal	3	−	−	+