Syphilitic Reinfections During the Same Pregnancy-Florida, 2018

Sex Transm Dis. 2021 May 1;48(5):e52-e55. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001298.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Florida / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / epidemiology
  • Reinfection
  • Syphilis* / diagnosis
  • Syphilis* / drug therapy
  • Syphilis* / epidemiology
  • Syphilis, Congenital* / drug therapy
  • Syphilis, Congenital* / epidemiology