Open AccessSyphilitic Reinfections During the Same Pregnancy—Florida, 2018
Author(s) -
James Matthias,
Ruth Sa,
Virginia Bowen,
Emma Spencer,
Thomas A. Peterman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001298
Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , pregnancy , congenital syphilis , obstetrics , treponematosis , syphilis serodiagnosis , sexually transmitted disease , gynecology , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , genetics , biology
We reviewed all cases of syphilis reported among pregnant women in Florida in 2018 for syphilitic reinfection. Nineteen (7.3%) of 261 pregnant women with syphilis were reported as reinfected during the same pregnancy. Timely rescreening and treatment prevented 6 (31.6%) of 19 reinfected women from delivering infants with congenital syphilis.