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Congenital syphilis in Switzerland: gone, forgotten, on the return

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012
INTRODUCTION:Acquired syphilis has re-emerged in many Western European countries. In contrast to international guidelines, screening for syphilis in pregnancy is not generally recommended in Switzerland.
Sauteur Meyer, J Trück, PP Bosshard, M Tomaske, Cadenas Morán, S Lautenschlager, P Goetschel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Missed opportunities in preventing mother-to-child transmission of syphilis in the indigenous population in central Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2023
Objectives: to estimate the detection rate of syphilis in pregnant women, the occurrence of congenital syphilis, and the rate of mother-to-child transmission of syphilis, in addition to analyzing missed opportunities in the prevention of mother-to-child ...
Renata Palópolí Pícoli, Luiza Helena de Oliveira Cazola   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Congenital syphilis in Brazil: distribution of cases notified from 2009 to 2016

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Congenital syphilis is considered a severe public health problem because it accounts for approximately 40% of the perinatal mortality rates, 25% of stillbirths, and 14% of neonatal deaths, in addition to causing severe consequences for the
Adriana Sousa Rêgo, Luciana Cavalcante Costa, Liliane dos Santos Rodrigues, Ricardo Amorim de Sousa Garcia, Flor de Maria Araújo Mendonça Silva, Aurean D’eça Junior, Livia dos Santos Rodrigues   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic and programmatic aspects of congenital syphilis prevention

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2004
A review of the economic and programmatic aspects of congenital syphilis was conducted and recommendations made for improvement of its prevention. Congenital syphilis is a preventable disease and the tools to prevent it have been available for decades ...
Schmid George
doaj  

Syphilis in pregnancy and congenital syphilis in Amazonas State, Brazil: an evaluation using database linkage

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2014
This study analyzes notification of syphilis in pregnancy and congenital syphilis in Amazo- nas State, Brazil, from 2007 to 2009 and verifies underreporting in databases in the National Information System on Diseases of Notification (SINAN) and the ...
Claudia Marques de Oliveira Soeiro, Angélica Espinosa Miranda, Valeria Saraceni, Marcelo Cordeiro dos Santos, Sinesio Talhari, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repercussions of the COVID- 19 pandemic on maternal and congenital syphilis in South Brazil: a time series analysis 2010-2022

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The global increase in maternal and congenital syphilis cases over the past decade has been substantial. In south Brazil, preexisting maternal and congenital syphilis epidemics have been worsened since the onset of COVID- 19.
Fernando Echegaray, Christopher J. Hernandez, Kavya G. Sundar, Lanbo Z. Yang, Mary Catherine Cambou, Eddy R. Segura, Marineide Gonçalves de Melo, Breno Riegel Santos, Ivana Rosângela dos Santos Varella, Karin Nielsen-Saines   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dual Threat: Neurosyphilis and Congenital Syphilis in a 3-Month-Old Infant

Nepal Journal of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology
Congenital syphilis is a result of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of syphilis during pregnancy. The outcomes of MTCT may range from an array of clinical manifestations to serious consequences like perinatal mortality due to miscarriage, stillbirth,
Pooja Gupta, Laxman Chapagain, Ashu Sharma, Manisha Gartaula, Gunawati Chaulagain, Upama Paudel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Congenital Syphilis as a Measure of Maternal and Child Healthcare, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that has direct adverse effects on maternal and infant health through vertical Treponema pallidum transmission during early pregnancy.
Maria Lusia de Morais Belo Bezerra, Flávia Emília Cavalcante Valença Fernandes, João Paulo de Oliveira Nunes, Solma Lúcia Souto Maior de Araújo Baltar, Karina Perrelli Randau   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The rise of congenital syphilis in Canada: threats and opportunities. [PDF]

Front 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 ...
Tetteh A, Moore V.
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Multifaceted Holistic Review of the Literature on Scar Dermatoses

International Wound Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Many cutaneous diseases originate or manifest in scars. Scars are areas of compromised skin, which renders them a vulnerable cutaneous district for diseases to develop. The pathophysiology explaining why some dermatoses grow in scars is not yet thoroughly explored. The present study reviews the present literature on scar dermatoses.
Dana Maria Khoury, Elias El Tayar, Edward Eid, Firas F. Haddad, Ossama Abbas, Mazen Kurban   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source