OCCURRENCE OF CONGENITAL SYPHILIS AND ITS PREVALENCE IN PREGNANT WOMEN IN A MUNICIPALITY IN THE NORTHWESTERN REGION OF THE STATE OF PARANÁ, BRAZIL

• Autor(a) principal: Boni, Sara Macente
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Pagliari, Priscila Bertoncello
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/5530
• topic: Pregnancy; Syphilis; congenital; Epidemiological surveillance; Gestação; Sífilis; Sífilis congênita; Vigilância epidemiológica; Prevalência de Sífilis

The prevalence of syphilis in pregnant women in Nova Esperança PR Brazil, between 2013 and 2014 and the occurrence of congenital syphilis reported during the same period in the town are investigated by a descriptive and retrospective analysis. Data were retrieved from pregnant women´s clinical charts in which were included Venereal Disease Research Laboratory tests during the prenatal follow-up and compulsory reports for congenital syphilis from the town´s epidemiological sector. Thirty-six cases of pregnancy syphilis and five cases of congenital were registered. All patients had a prenatal follow-up and only one patient was diagnosed with pregnancy syphilis at birth. Results demonstrate a rise in the prevalence of congenital syphilis in Nova Esperança between 2013 and 2014. Assessment of all pregnant women with syphilis during the prenatal period showed that 13.9% failed to have a satisfactory treatment and the etiological agent caused fetal infection. Comparison of results of current study with data for Brazil revealed a detection rate of 7.5 cases of pregnancy syphilis for every 1000 live births, whereas a rate of 4.8 cases per 1000 live cases of congenital syphilis occurred during the same year. Results reveal weak points in the care and prevention of syphilis. Health professionals should actively participate in the disease´s prevention and follow-up.