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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

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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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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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
doaj   +2 more sources

Congenital syphilis re-emergence in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2022
Background: Infectious syphilis rates have been increasing in Winnipeg, Manitoba among individuals during their childbearing years. Untreated or inadequately treated prenatal infection often results in congenital syphilis, with devastating consequences ...
Peter Benoit, Lana Tennenhouse, Alicia Lapple, Gillian Hill-Carroll, Souradet Shaw, Jared Bullard, Pierre Plourde   +6 more
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Congenital syphilis in East Baton Rouge parish, Louisiana: providers’ and women’s perspectives

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Congenital syphilis is completely preventable through screening and treatment, but rates have been rising in the United States. Certain areas are at particularly high risk. We aimed to assess attitudes, knowledge, and barriers around effective
Emily W. Harville, Gloria P. Giarratano, Pierre Buekens, Eurydice Lang, Jennifer Wagman   +4 more
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Social Factors Associated With Congenital Syphilis in Missouri. [PDF]

Clin Infect Dis
Daniels E, Atkinson A, Cardoza N, Ramakrishnan A, Willers D, Reno H.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Is Congenital Syphilis Really Congenital Syphilis? [PDF]

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2006
Detroit has recently been distinguished as having the highest congenital syphilis rate in the United States (250.3 cases per 100 000 live births in Detroit versus 10.3 in the US). However, depending on each health department′s followup and CDC reporting, these data may not accurately reflect the true congenital syphilis rate.
Yi Li, Bernard Gonik
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Early congenital syphilis presenting with skin eruption alone: a case report [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2011
Congenital syphilis is one of the most well-known congenital infections, yet it remains a worldwide public health problem. Congenital syphilis can involve any organ system and present with various symptoms. However, early diagnosis of congenital syphilis
Hak Young Kim, Beom Joon Kim, Ji Hyun Kim, Byoung Hoon Yoo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source