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Re-emergence of syphilis in women of reproductive age and its association with the increase in congenital syphilis in Mexico during 2010–2019: an ecological study [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that is re-emerging in different parts of the world. This infection can be transmitted during pregnancy, causing neonatal syphilis.
Santa García-Cisneros, Antonia Herrera-Ortiz, Maria Olamendi-Portugal, Miguel Angel Sánchez-Alemán   +3 more
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The rise of congenital syphilis in Canada: threats and opportunities [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionIn Canada, rates of congenital syphilis have been increasing rapidly in recent years, following a surge in infectious syphilis. These trends call for a closer look at missed opportunities for testing, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of ...
Ashorkor Tetteh, Victoria Moore
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Associations of toluidine red unheated serum test response to the treatment of syphilis in pregnancy and congenital syphilis: a 10-year real-world study

Chinese Medical Journal, 2022
. Background:. So far, there is a paucity of real-world data on the syphilis serological responses to the first-line treatment during pregnancy, and there is no relevant study on the necessity of anti-syphilis treatment during pregnancy for those ...
Jin Wei, Mengyao Pang, Wenhui Lun, Lishao Guo   +3 more
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Surgical consultation in neonates with congenital syphilis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2019
Objective: The aim was to review the incidence and clinical presentation of neonates with congenital syphilis requiring surgical consultation at a single tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Amanda Munoz, Tabitha Crane, Rajaie Hazboun, Anamika Banerji, Joanne Baerg   +4 more
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Congenital Syphilis Prevention Challenges, Pacific Coast of Colombia, 2018–2022

Emerging Infectious Diseases
High incidences of congenital syphilis have been reported in areas along the Pacific coast of Colombia. In this retrospective study, conducted during 2018–2022 at a public hospital in Buenaventura, Colombia, we analyzed data from 3,378 pregnant women ...
Jose F. Fuertes-Bucheli, Diana P. Buenaventura-Alegría, Adriana M. Rivas-Mina, Robinson Pacheco-López   +3 more
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Congenital syphilis in the twenty-first century: an area-based study [PDF]

European Journal of Pediatrics, 2022
The resurgence of syphilis and subsequent risk for newborns has been described worldwide; however, European data on this congenital infection is lacking.
Serena Salomè, Maria Donata Cambriglia, Sara Maria Scarano, Eleonora Capone, Ivy Betts, Daniela Pacella, Matilde Sansone, Laura Letizia Mazzarelli, Andrea Lo Vecchio, Giusy Ranucci, Geremia Zito Marinosci, Letizia Capasso, Paola Salvatore, Francesco Raimondi   +13 more
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A qualitative assessment of structural barriers to prenatal care and congenital syphilis prevention in Kern County, California.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Congenital syphilis is the result of placental transmission from mother to fetus of Treponema pallidum. Although congenital syphilis is preventable through timely treatment, the rate of new infections in the United States (US) has increased each year ...
Elaine Y L Chan, Carolyn Smullin, Stephanie Clavijo, Melissa Papp-Green, Eunhee Park, Marlene Nelson, Gloria Giarratano, Jennifer A Wagman   +7 more
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Congenital Syphilis—An Illustrative Review

Children, 2023
Congenital syphilis is caused by the spirochete, Treponema pallidum, which can be transmitted from an infected mother to her fetus during pregnancy or by contact with a maternal lesion at the time of delivery.
Deepika Sankaran, Elizabeth Partridge, Satyan Lakshminrusimha   +2 more
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Gaps in the congenital syphilis prevention cascade: qualitative findings from Kern County, California

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Congenital syphilis is preventable through timely access to prenatal care, syphilis screening and treatment of pregnant women diagnosed as infected.
Eunhee Park, Julie Yip, Emily Harville, Marlene Nelson, Gloria Giarratano, Pierre Buekens, Jennifer Wagman   +6 more
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Congenital syphilis as the cause of multiple bone fractures in a young infant case report

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background The differential diagnosis of multiple unexplained bone fractures in a young infant usually includes child abuse or bone disease such as osteogenesis imperfecta.
Maria Koliou, Elpida Chatzicharalampous, Myria Charalambous, Kyriakos Aristeidou   +3 more
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