Routine Serological Screening for Syphilis During Pregnancy — Disposable Anachronism or Fundamental Necessity?
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 30 (1) , 29-31
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828x.1990.tb03190.x
Abstract
Between 1984 and 1988 inclusive 34 patients with syphilis during pregnancy were identified in this unit by routine serological screening. There were 2 stillbirths in this group of patients giving a perinatal mortality rate of 59 per 1,000 total births. Analysis of the patients' history and physical examination findings did not reveal any predictive factors for sexually transmitted diseases in most cases. Despite the dramatic fall in the prevalence of syphilis both during pregnancy and the general population in Hong Kong, routine serological screening for syphilis during pregnancy must continue.Keywords
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