ArticleRevista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia2019
Syphilis in Pregnancy: The Reality in a Public Hospital.
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- The impact of antibiotic treatment for syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhoea during pregnancy on birth outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2023Pooled it
- Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: The Possible Effect on the Course of Pregnancy and Fetal Outcomes-A Case Report and Literature Review.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Diagnostic uncertainties in congenital syphilis: A case report.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- High Prevalence of Syphilis among Young Pregnant Women in the Brazilian Amazon: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Clinical Records in a Public Health Reference Unit in the City of Belém.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Epidemiology of Syphilis in Pregnancy and Congenital Syphilis in Brazil and the Risk or Associated Factors: Protocol for a Systematic Review.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Gestational syphilis in a tertiary health service in Paraná, Brazil: A case-control study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Factors influencing treatment status of syphilis among pregnant women: a retrospective cohort study in Guangzhou, China.International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
- Factors associated with inadequate treatment of syphilis during pregnancy: an integrative review.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2022Review
- Spatiotemporal distribution analysis of syphilis in Brazil: Cases of congenital and syphilis in pregnant women from 2001-2017.PloS one · 2022Article
- Diagnosis, treatment, and notification of syphilis during pregnancy in the state of Goiás, Brazil, between 2007 and 2017.Revista de saude publica · 2021Article
- Effect of the coverage of rapid tests for syphilis in primary care on the syphilis in pregnancy in Brazil.Revista de saude publica · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe present study assessed epidemiological and obstetrical data from pregnant women with syphilis at the Hospital de Clínicas of the Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM, in the Portuguese acronym), describing this disease during pregnancy and its vertical transmission for future healthcare actions.
methodsRecords from pregnant women who had been admitted to the Obstetrics Department of the Hospital de Clínicas of the UFTM and were diagnosed with syphilis between 2007 and 2016 were reviewed. A standardized form was used to collect epidemiological, obstetric data and outcomes of congenital infection. The present research has been authorized by the Ethics Committee of the institution.
resultsThere were 268 women diagnosed with syphilis, with an average age of 23.6 years old. The majority of the patients were from Uberaba. Inadequate prenatal care was observed in 37.9% of the pregnant women. Only 34.2% of the patients completed the treatment according to the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health of Brazil, and 19.8% of the partners of the patients underwent adequate syphilis treatment; 37 (13.8%) couples (patients and partners) underwent correct treatment. Regarding the obstetric outcomes, 4 (1.5%) patients had a miscarriage and 8 (3.4%) had fetal losses (from the fetal loss group, 7 had no adequate treatment); 61 (25.9%) patients had premature births - this prematurity has been significantly correlated to inadequate or incomplete treatment in 49 (27.9%) patients, compared with 12 (13.0%) patients with premature births and adequate treatment (
conclusionPublic awareness policies on adequate prenatal care, intensification of serological screening, and early treatment of syphilis are needed, considering the rise of cases diagnosed during gestation and its potentially preventable deleterious consequences related to congenital transmission.
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