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 ==Treatment==
 [[Congenital syphilis medical therapy|Medical therapy]] | [[Congenital syphilis surgery|Surgical options]] | [[Congenital syphilis primary prevention|Primary prevention]]  | [[Congenital syphilis secondary prevention|Secondary prevention]] | [[Congenital syphilis cost-effectiveness of therapy|Financial costs]] | [[Congenital syphilis future or investigational therapies|Future therapies]]
-==Treatment==
-If a pregnant mother is identified as being infected with syphilis, treatment can effectively prevent congenital syphilis from developing in the unborn child, especially if she is treated before the sixteenth week of pregnancy. The child is at greatest risk of contracting syphilis when the mother is in the early stages of infection, but the disease can be passed at any point during pregnancy, even during delivery (should the child have not contracted it already). However, a woman in the secondary stage of syphilis decreases her child's risk of developing congenital syphilis by 98% if she receives treatment before the last month of pregnancy<ref>http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/hw195492.asp?navbar=hw195073</ref>. An afflicted child can be treated using antibiotics much like an adult, however any developmental symptoms are likely to be permanent.
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