Epidemiological Analysis on 183 Cases of Congenital Syphilis

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10.2991/icista.2013.10How to use a DOI?

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Congenital; Syphilis; Neonates; Epidemiology

Abstract

To discuss the epidemiological characteristics of congenital syphilis. Methods: Retrospective analysed the 183 cases of congenital syphilis from Jan. 2002 to Jan. 2012 in our department, and the gestational age, sex, birth weight, delivery mode, age on admission, onset time, parents’ occupations, medical history and treatment of mother's syphilis are analyzed. Results: In the past ten years, rate of congenital syphilis in total inpatients increased, 7.7% are latent syphilis, 92.3% are early congenital syphilis, and there is no late congenital syphilis. It is more common for babies of three months, 68.3% are neonates. 36.1% are diagnosed in prenatal period, and 3.3% treated with full course of penicillin. Conclusion: Incidence of congenital syphilis increased year by year, the detectable rate of syphilis in prenatal period and the rate of full course treatment are low, most congenital syphilis are within 3 months after birth, especially in ne-onatal period.

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AU  - Hui Wu
AU  - Jing Cui
AU  - Dan Dang
AU  - Dongxuan Wang
PY  - 2013/06
DA  - 2013/06
TI  - Epidemiological Analysis on 183 Cases of Congenital Syphilis
BT  - Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Information Science and Technology Applications (ICISTA-2013)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 41
EP  - 45
SN  - 1951-6851
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DO  - 10.2991/icista.2013.10
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