2012 to 2016 Saw Increase in Syphilis Among Pregnant Women
Overall, 49% of pregnant women with syphilis did not report any of 15 risk factors.
Syphilis
CDC: Congenital Syphilis More Than Doubled Since 2013
Congenital syphilis up from 362 cases in 2013 to 918 in 2017, with 46.17% increase since 2016.
USPSTF Reaffirms Screening for Syphilis in Pregnancy
Screening results in decrease in incidence of congenital syphilis; no harms identified for penicillin.
CDC: Increase in Rate of STDs for Fourth Consecutive Year in US
Nearly 2.3 million total cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis diagnosed in the United States in 2017.
Low Rates of Syphilis Testing in High-Risk Men Who Are HIV Positive
Close to one-third of sexually active HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) have not received syphilis screening in the past 12 months.
HIV, Syphilis Screening Low With ED-Diagnosed PID in Adolescents
Findings among teens diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease in the emergency department.
USPSTF: Syphilis screenings recommended for pregnant women
The USPSTF reports that pregnant women can benefit from screening for syphilis infection.
CDC: US cases of STDs exceed 2 million
According to the report, 1.6 million cases were chlamydia, and there were 470,000 cases of gonorrhea and almost 28,000 primary and secondary syphilis cases.
Nodules on the scalp lead to a diagnosis of secondary syphilis
A rare case reports a 51-year-old man who primarily presented with multiple nodules on his scalp.
USPSTF recommends widespread screening for syphilis as prevalence increases
As syphilis rates increase, the USPSTF has recommended screening all asymptomatic adults and adolescents for syphilis infection.
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