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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:<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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!'''Screening Recommendations''' | |||
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!'''Timing of Screening''' | |||
|Test all [[pregnant]] women at the first [[prenatal]] visit. | |||
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!'''Screening Tests''' | |||
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*Nontreponemal tests commonly used for initial screening include: | |||
**[[Venereal Disease Research Laboratory ]][[(VDRL)]] | |||
**[[Rapid Plasma Reagin]] (RPR) | |||
If screening tests are positive confirmatory tests should be done | |||
*Confirmatory tests include: | |||
**[[Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed]] [[(FTA-ABS)]] | |||
**[[Treponema pallidum particle agglutination]] [[(TPPA)]] | |||
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!'''High Risk Population''' | |||
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*Most organizations recommend testing high-risk women again during the [[third trimester]] and at [[delivery]].<br>Groups at increased risk include: | |||
**Uninsured women | |||
**Women living in poverty | |||
**Sex workers | |||
**Illicit drug users | |||
**Those diagnosed with other [[sexually transmitted diseases]] ([[STD]]) | |||
**Other women living in communities with high [[syphilis]] [[morbidity]] | |||
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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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| High Risk Population |
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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