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Carmen Lucia Muricy1, Vitor Laerte Pinto Júnior1
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
Introduction:
This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of congenital and maternal syphilis in the Brazilian Federal District in 2010.
Methods:
A retrospective descriptive study was conducted on the basis of the cases recorded in the System of Notifiable Disease Information.
Results:
The study population comprised 133 cases of congenital syphilis; of these, 116 (52.6%) mothers received prenatal care, and 70 (60.4%) were diagnosed with syphilis during pregnancy. Only 1 mother was adequately treated, and 100 (75.2%) of the pregnant women's partners did not undergo treatment for syphilis.
Conclusions:
Although mothers attended prenatal care, not all were diagnosed during pregnancy or received adequate treatment for syphilis, as their partners did not undergo treatment for syphilis.
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