Early Postnatal Diagnosis of Congenital Syphilis: Contribution of a Comparative Western Blot Method

Early Postnatal Diagnosis of Congenital Syphilis: Contribution of a 1 Comparative Western Blot Method. 2 3 4 Antonella Marangoni, Claudio Foschi, Maria Grazia Capretti, Paola Nardini, Monica Compri, 5 Luigi Tommaso Corvaglia, Giacomo Faldella, Roberto Cevenini. 6 7 8 9 DIMES, Microbiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Department of Obstetrical, 10 Gynaecological and Paediatric Sciences, Operative Unit of Neonatology, St. Orsola-Malpighi 11 Hospital, Bologna, Italy; DIMEC, Neonatology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy 12 13 14 15 16 17 Running Head: Comparative WB for Congenital Syphilis Diagnosis 18 19 20