Congenital syphilis occurs when a pregnant person with untreated syphilis passes the infection to their infant during pregnancy. According to the IDPH, syphilis can cause miscarriage, low birth ...

Doctors are seeing more patients with unusual vision and eye symptoms due to the sexually transmitted infection Amid the current syphilis “epidemic” in the U.S., doctors are seeing more ...

Untreated syphilis can result in stillbirth or death shortly after birth, the statement continued. According to the CDC, cases of congenital syphilis in the United States have “more than tripled ...

Drug resistant strains of gonorrhoea are on the rise with many linked to travel to South East Asia - the UKHSA has warned ...

birth to a mother who is untreated or inadequately treated can be used as presumptive evidence of congenital syphilis). [1] Figure 1. Reported cases of congenital syphilis in infants <1 year of ...

The disease can be deadly if left untreated and can lead to birth defects and miscarriages in pregnant women. The bacterial infection syphilis reached the highest rate of new infections since 1950 ...

A resurgence of congenital syphilis in Victoria after a 25-year hiatus has prompted an overhaul of screening for pregnant ...

Syphilis is a highly infectious STI spread through close sexual contact. In its early stages, it causes sores or ulcers at the infection site—usually the genitals, anus, or mouth. If untreated ...

Figure 3. Treponema pallidum, spirochete that causes syphilis. Untreated or inadequately treated syphilis in pregnant women can profoundly affect fetal outcome, resulting in congenital infection ...