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Systematic review of temporal trends of congenital syphilis in Brazil

Justificativa e objetivos: Em vista do aumento do número de casos de Sífilis Congênita (SC) no Brasil, o presente estudo buscou identificar e sumarizar os dados de tendências temporais de SC em estudos conduzidos no país, bem como listar seus principais fatores associados. Conteúdo: Em agosto de 20...

The resurgence of syphilis among pregnant women in southern Chile

Rev. méd. Chile; 149 (3), 2021
ABSTRACT Background: National rates of HIV, gonorrhoeae and syphilis have increased in Chile in recent years, but it is not known if syphilis among pregnant women (PW) is also escalating. Aim: To explore syphilis rates among PW in a southern Chilean region and to describe clinical features of mothers and...

Assistance and educational factors associated to congenital syphilis in a referral maternity: a case-control study

Abstract Objectives: to investigate the information received by pregnant women considering assistance care and educational factors on syphilis and its association with the diagnostic of congenital syphilis in a referral maternity. Methods: a case-control study conducted in a referral maternity in Minas...

Hospitalization costs for congenital syphilis in the state of Ceará

Abstract Objectives: this study aimed to describe direct medical-hospital costs of hospitalizations for Congenital Syphilis (CS) in children under one year of age, users of the public health network in the state of Ceará, Brazil, from 2012 to 2017. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study that used th...

Epidemiological characterization of congenital syphilis in a health region of the northern zone in the state of Ceará, Brazil

Acta sci., Health sci; 43 (), 2021
The study sought to investigate the epidemiological profile of congenital syphilis in a health region in the State of Ceará, in the period from 2015 to 2019. This is a descriptive epidemiological study, with a quantitative approach, with secondary data collected through the Health System. In...

Gestational syphilis in the low amazon mesoregion, Brazil, 2008 - 2018

Arch. med; 21 (1), 2021
Objective: to trace the epidemiological profile of gestational syphilis reported cases in the Low Amazon mesoregion in the period between 2008 and 2018. Materials and Methods: the study was epidemiological, observational, descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional, and carried out by a quantitative appr...

Effect of the coverage of rapid tests for syphilis in primary care on the syphilis in pregnancy in Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effect of rapid tests coverage in Primary Care on syphilis detection rate in pregnant women in Brazil, in municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants. METHODS: The dependent variable was the syphilis detection rate in pregnant women between 2012 and 2018. As the...

Syphilis in pregnancy, factors associated with congenital syphilis and newborn conditions at birth

ABSTRACT Objectives: to investigate factors associated with the occurrence of congenital syphilis in pregnant women with syphilis and to describe the cases of this disease regarding the justification for notification and aspects related to the newborn. Method: cohort study, with data collection betwe...

Diagnosis, treatment, and notification of syphilis during pregnancy in the state of Goiás, Brazil, between 2007 and 2017

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the evolution of syphilis during pregnancy notification regarding clinical classification, diagnosis and treatment in the state of Goiás, Brazil, between 2007 and 2017. METHODS This is a time-series study, analyzing data provided by the Health Secretariat of the state o...

Sífilis congênita: uma pesquisa integrativa

Introdução: no Brasil, as estatísticas apontam 937 mil casos de infecções de sífilis na população, a cada ano. Questiona-se o que existe publicado acerca da temática. Objetivo: identificar na produção científica o que tem sido produzido sobre a Sífilis Congênita. Método: pesquisa bibliogr...