ALLMedicine™ Congenital Syphilis Center

Mar 16th, 2023 - In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global health initiative for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of syphilis. This condition is highly preventable through antenatal identification of syphilis infection an...

Mar 1st, 2023 - Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions (JHR) is a transient adverse event that occurs during initial antimicrobial treatment for syphilis patients, and is known to develop uterine contractions and fetal distress in pregnant women complicated with syphilis. ...

Mar 1st, 2023 - Syphilis is classically described as a sexually transmitted disease. As this source of contagious has been described long ago -mainly though by observation- when children presents with acquired syphilis, child abuse is always considered and must b...

Mar 1st, 2023 - Chagas disease and syphilis are considered a mayor public health problem worldwide. Both pathologies affect socio-economic vulnerable population and they are both transmitted congenitally, causing an alarming increasing number of infected newborns...

Feb 21st, 2023 - Overview Interstitial keratitis (IK) is a broad, descriptive term that historically became synonymous with syphilitic disease. Although congenital syphilis remains the leading cause of interstitial keratitis, various bacterial, viral, parasitic, a...

Sep 8th, 2018 - Untreated syphilis infection in pregnant women can be transmitted to the fetus (congenital syphilis) at any time during pregnancy or at birth. Congenital syphilis is associated with stillbirth, neonatal death, and significant morbidity in infants ...

Mar 1st, 2023 - Syphilis is classically described as a sexually transmitted disease. As this source of contagious has been described long ago -mainly though by observation- when children presents with acquired syphilis, child abuse is always considered and must b...

Mar 1st, 2023 - Chagas disease and syphilis are considered a mayor public health problem worldwide. Both pathologies affect socio-economic vulnerable population and they are both transmitted congenitally, causing an alarming increasing number of infected newborns...

Mar 29th, 2022 - Syphilis is an infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum. In children, there are two different forms of this disease; acquired syphilis and congenital syphilis, which results from transplacental transmission of spirochetes. The worldwide inc...

Dec 13th, 2019 - Given the dramatic rise in syphilis that has been recently reported in the United States in the recent years (between 2000-2017) there is an urgent need for widespread implementation of more frequent prenatal syphilis screening using alternative c...

Apr 26th, 2018 - Scope: The investigators will use implementation research methods to evaluate a multifaceted intervention to increase the use of evidence-based clinical procedures to prevent congenital syphilis. Improving syphilis screening and treatment will be ...

Jan 19th, 2023 - Pregnant patients with syphilis who used substances had a greater chance of passing the infection along to their baby compared with those without substance use, according to a CDC study conducted in Arizona and Georgia. From 2018 to 2021, patients...

Oct 31st, 2022 - The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published updated recommendations on screening for syphilis on September 27. 1 The Task Force continues to recommend screening for all adolescents and adults who are at increased risk for infection.

Oct 24th, 2022 - Bonnie M. Word, MD You’re rounding in the nursery and informed of the following about one of your new patients: He’s a 38-week-old infant delivered to a mother diagnosed with syphilis at 12 weeks’ gestation at her initial prenatal visit. Her rapid...

Oct 12th, 2022 - You’re rounding in the nursery and informed of the following about one of your new patients: He’s a 38-week-old infant delivered to a mother diagnosed with syphilis at 12 weeks’ gestation at her initial prenatal visit. Her rapid plasma reagin (RPR.

Oct 6th, 2022 - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health officials are renewing a public order aimed at protecting newborn babies from syphilis. The state Health Department on Wednesday announced requirements that medical providers follow best practices by testing...