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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Routine [[antenatal]] screening is recommended for [[syphilis]]. | |||
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==Screening== | ==Screening== | ||
Effective prevention and detection of congenital syphilis depends on the identification of syphilis in pregnant women and screening is a key component to decrease the incidence of congenital syphilis. The recommendations for screening are as follows: | Effective prevention and detection of congenital syphilis depends on the identification of [[syphilis]] in [[pregnant]] women and screening is a key component to decrease the incidence of congenital syphilis. The recommendations for screening are as follows:<ref name=syphilis>https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening Accessed on september 27,2016</ref><ref name=cdc2015>http://www.cdc.gov/std/tg2015/references.htm#424 Accessed on September 27, 2016</ref> | ||
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!'''Timing of Screening''' | !'''Timing of Screening''' | ||
|Test all pregnant women at the first prenatal visit. | |Test all [[pregnant]] women at the first [[prenatal]] visit. | ||
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!'''Screening Tests''' | !'''Screening Tests''' | ||
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*Nontreponemal tests commonly used for initial screening include: | *Nontreponemal tests commonly used for initial screening include: | ||
**Venereal Disease Research Laboratory [[(VDRL)]] | **[[Venereal Disease Research Laboratory ]][[(VDRL)]] | ||
**Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) | **[[Rapid Plasma Reagin]] (RPR) | ||
If screening tests are positive confirmatory tests should be done | |||
*Confirmatory tests include: | *Confirmatory tests include: | ||
**Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed [[(FTA-ABS)]] | **[[Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed]] [[(FTA-ABS)]] | ||
**Treponema pallidum particle agglutination [[(TPPA)]] | **[[Treponema pallidum particle agglutination]] [[(TPPA)]] | ||
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!'''High Risk Population''' | !'''High Risk Population''' | ||
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**Sex workers | **Sex workers | ||
**Illicit drug users | **Illicit drug users | ||
**Those diagnosed with other [[sexually transmitted diseases]] ( | **Those diagnosed with other [[sexually transmitted diseases]] ([[STD]]) | ||
**Other women living in communities with high [[syphilis]] [[morbidity]] | **Other women living in communities with high [[syphilis]] [[morbidity]] | ||
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[[Category:Neonatology]] | [[Category:Neonatology]] | ||
[[Category:Pediatrics]] | [[Category:Pediatrics]] | ||
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[[Category:Infectious disease]] | [[Category:Infectious disease]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2] Aravind Kuchkuntla, M.B.B.S[3]
Overview
Routine antenatal screening is recommended for syphilis.
Screening
Effective prevention and detection of congenital syphilis depends on the identification of syphilis in pregnant women and screening is a key component to decrease the incidence of congenital syphilis. The recommendations for screening are as follows:[1][2]
| Screening Recommendations | |
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| Timing of Screening | Test all pregnant women at the first prenatal visit. |
| Screening Tests |
If screening tests are positive confirmatory tests should be done
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References
- ↑ https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening Accessed on september 27,2016
- ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/std/tg2015/references.htm#424 Accessed on September 27, 2016