Volume 17, Number 11—November 2011
Letter
Congenital Syphilis, Réunion Island, 2010
Juliana Ramiandrisoa, Lydéric Aubert, Emilie Boidin Lespine, Jean-Luc Alessandri, Pierre-Yves Robillard, Marc Bertsch, Anne Gallay, Véronique Goulet, and Eric D’Ortenzio
Table
Clinical and biological characteristics of mothers and children with congenital syphilis, Réunion Island, 2010*
| Year of diagnosis |
Mother
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Child
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y | Time of syphilis screening | Duration of treatment, d | Presence andsatage of disease | Positive serologic titer test results | Gestation, wk | Clinical signs | ||
| 2008 | 16 | >13 wk gestation | 5 d BD | Probable secondary syphilis at first trimester | TPHA, VDRL, FTA-ABS | 34 | None | |
| 2008 | 25 | Unknown | 2 d AD | NA | TPHA, VDRL, FTA-ABS | 34 | None | |
| 2008 | 16 | AD | 14 d AD | Primary syphilis at third trimester | TPHA, VDRL, FTA-ABS | 38 | None | |
| 2009 | 26 | >13 wk gestation | 17 d BD | NA | TPHA, VDRL, FTA-ABS | 31 | Present | |
| 2009 | 18 | >13 wk gestation | 2 d BD | NA | TPHA, VDRL | 32 | Present | |
| 2009 | 22 | >13 wk gestation | 1 d BD | NA | TPHA, VDRL | 32 | Present | |
| 2009 | 37 | After delivery | 1 d AD | NA | TPHA, VDRL | 38 | None | |
*BD, before delivery; TPHA, Treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay; VDRL, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory; FTA-ABS, fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption; AD, after delivery; NA, not applicable.
